2012-2013 Budget - City of Saginaw MI

SUMMARY OF (FTE) POSITIONSThe graph listed below summarizes and compares positions in the 2013 Approved Budget with those in the 2012Approved and Adjusted Budgets by department. Additionally, in each department, a positional page has beenconstructed that details changes within these specific areas. The total full time budgeted positions in 2012 were 442compared to 409 in the 2013 budget. This equates to a net decrease of 33 positions from the approved budget.General Government:The Department of General Government will decrease 3 FTE for the 2012/2013 Approved Budget when compared to theFY 2011/2012 Approved Budget. This reduction in personnel for the Offices of General Government is because of theoutsourcing of the City Attorney’s office in FY 2012. The City Attorney, the Legal Assistant I and Legal Assistant IIwere all eliminated. Additionally, the 2013 Budget reflects the redistribution of the following positions: .10 of theAssistant to the City Manager/Budget Administrator from the Office of the City Manager to the Department of FiscalServices’ Administration Division, and .10 of the Assistant City Manager for Public Safety to the Office of CommunityPublic Safety. To mitigate this transfer, .20 of the Administrative Support Clerk was allocated to City Council and .30 ofthe same position was allocated to the Office of the City Manager from the Department of Fiscal Services –Administration.Fiscal Services:The Department of Fiscal Services will increase by 1 FTE for the 2012/2013 Budget. This increase is due to the additionof a Collection Specialist to the Administration Division, and the reallocation of .10 of the Assistant to the CityManager/Budget Administrator to the Administration Division from the Office of the City Manager. Approximately, .50of the Administrative Support Clerk was redistributed to the Offices of General Government.Community Public Safety – Police and Fire:The Community Public Safety – Police will decrease by approximately 12 FTE. In FY 2013, the city will be undergoinga major reorganization of Community Public Safety. In 2012, the City Manager created a Public SafetyFunding/Planning/Sustainability Taskforce to review the City’s Public Safety – Police and Fire Services. This taskforcewill provide recommendations to the City Manager and City Council on how these operations should be structured.These recommendations will be provided to the City by the end of the first quarter. Although this department is currentlybeing evaluated, Community Public Safety – Police reflects the elimination of the following vacant positions: Fire Chief,10 Police Officers, and a Staff Professional.Similarly, in Community Public Safety – Fire, the total FTE will decrease approximately 10 positions. In FY 2013,Community Public Safety – Fire reflects the elimination of the following vacant positions: one Fire Captain, one FireEngineer, two Fire Lieutenants, and two Firefighter positions, as well as the savings of not budgeting for four vacantfirefighter positions. This reduction is possible due to retirement of senior employeesDevelopment:The Department of Development’s personnel complement decreases approximately 3 FTE for FY 2012/2013. In theGeneral Fund the Code Enforcement Specialist will be eliminated due to retirement. Additionally, in the CommunityDevelopment Block Grant Funds, the Rehabilitation Application Specialist and Residential Rehabilitation Specialist willnot be funded due to the decrease in Community Development Block Grant entitlement funding in FY 2013. Please notethat in the General Fund two part time Parking Enforcement Officers will be added to the complement. These employeeswill generate additional revenues to cover their positions.53