Exh 9AGENDA ITEM #9
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
September 5, 2001
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the Citv Commissi
FROM: Jim
SUBJECT: City Manager's Report
Police Department Resaonse Times; Attached for your information is an item from a
recent International City Management Association publication listing police response times
for various cities across the country. The average response time of 1.75 minutes for the
Atlantic Beach Police Department compazes favorably with these national numbers.
Undoubtedly Atlantic Beach's time is affected by the relatively small geographic area that
we cover, the amount of crime in Atlantic Beach and the number of officers that are on the
street at any given time.
AGENDA ITEM #9
SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
Police Resl
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Robbinsdale M
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'. Gresham OR'
Merced CA '
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C[acinnati OH>
Carlsbad CA :
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Bellvue WA'~
Cooa Rapids Mi`T
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Redwood City CAj
Grand Prairie TX
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Virginia Beach VA
Fullerton CAS
San Mateo CA
'.' Eugene OR%
Calgary AB 1;
Prince William County VA;
Oklahoma City OK
Vancouver WA
Fort WorthTX
:';Dayton, OH`-
Sacramento CA
Bryan TX.
Norfolk VA:
Richmond:VA
`_Austin TX
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"- Tucson AZ
Salt lake City UT.
Colorado Springs CO
San Matea County CA
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Time m Minutes
Ali jurisdictions: From receiprof call
to dispatch (minutes) From dispatch to on
scene (in minutes) Total (in
minutes)
Mean I.S 4.9 6.4
Median 1.7 4.6 S.S
Source: ICMA Center for PesformamerMeastvememf,,:CompararivePerformance
Measurement: FY 1994Data Report, Tke FY2000Data Report, published to September
2001, .may be ordered through http:/fbooksrore.icma.org.
continued from page 24
Cincinnati's Departure
We have far less consensus on the role
of the mayor and the relationship of
the mayor to the manager. Most mem-
bers have at least heard of the challeng-
ing changes we faced in Cincinnati,
where the powers assigned to the
mayor were greatly expanded in this
city's latest charter. Some people felt
that these changes went much too far
and that Cincinnati should no longer
be classified as having acouncil-man-
ager system. Others reported that their
own mayors had been exercising at
least some of these powers foc years.
We will be discussing this issue in
Salt Lake City, so let me get us started
by listing the powers given the mayor in
Cincinnati's new charter and asking
you to reflect on them. The powers are:
• A term of otifice twice the length of
councilmembers' terms.
• A salary twice that of the members of
council.
• The right to preside at council meet-
ingswithout the need to serve as a
member of the council.
• Authority to veto council actions.
• Authority to organize the council
by appointing members to commit-
tees and assigning matters to these.
committees.
• Authority to prepare council agendas.
• Privilege of appointing citizens to
authorities, boards, and commissions.
• Privilege of submitting an annual
report to the council and to the com-
munity.
• Receipt of the manager's budget pro-
posals before the council gets them;
presentation of these proposals, with
comments, to the council.
• Power to nominate the person who
will serve as manager (council may
reject the nomination but must ulti-
mately accept some nominee of the
mayor). ,
• Right of approval of an involuntary
termination of the manager (no
matter what majority of the council
wishes to terminate the manager, the
mayor must concur).
Input Needed
Is any of these powers authorized by
law or practice in your community? Do
2Fi SEPTEMBER 2001
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