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Approval for the Mayor and/or City Administrator to sign a contract with the Jacobs Group to provide services for the Municipal Court Services Reorganization Plan in an amount not to exceed $405,609 and amendments to the FY 2014 Approved Budget and Position Control. (This item was deferred at the August 26, 2013 Mayor and Council meeting)
Presented by Michael Fischer, Deputy City Administrator
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Item Summary:
The reorganization of Municipal Court functions in the City of Roswell will revise the number of full time equivalent (FTE) positions from sixteen and one half (16.5) to thirteen and one half (13.5), of which Jacobs Group will provide four and one half (4.5) FTE positions to carry out the Court functions at a price not to exceed $405,609.
The Deputy City Administrator or his designee shall be administrator of court services in order to comply with Charter provisions and the City will maintain four (4) Marshall FTE's, four (4) Probation FTE's and one (1) Financial Services Representative FTE for the reorganized functions of Court Services. The City will also maintain one (1) Solicitor position.
A budget amendment is requested to implement the Court Services reorganization plan. The budget amendment would revise the number of authorized full-time positions as well as adjust the General Fund budgets for the Administration, Finance, and Police Departments. The budget amendment would also appropriate resources within the Group Benefits Fund to fund the transition costs associated with the reorganization plan.
Committee or Staff Recommendation:
On August 26, 2013, the Mayor and Council deferred this item to the Mayor and Council Agenda on September 23, 2013.
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Financial Impact:
This ordinance amends the FY 2014 Approved Budget through the following actions:
A. Revises the number of budgeted full-time positions of the City from 598 to 591 through the elimination of nine positions and the addition of one Senior Probation Officer position in the Court Services Division of the Administration Department. One Financial Services Representative position is added in the Finance Department and four Marshal positions are transferred from the Administration Department to the Police Department.
B. Amends the FY 2014 Approved General Fund Expenditure and Revenue Budgets ***(Table attached)***
C. Amends the FY 2014 Approved Group Benefits Expenditure Budget ***(Table attached)***
Presented by:
Michael Fischer, Deputy City Administrator