Jeremy Binder

Police Department Staffing and DROP Pension Reform

Estimated $1.1–$3.9 million annual pension cost if adopted, weighed against overtime savings.

Police Pension Fund Board Designees

None.

Police Promotional Testing and Scoring Rubrics

Contract costs for testing services aren't yet known.

Homelessness funding

$100,000 request, requiring a budget amendment.

Snow Removal and Parking Enforcement Concerns

Contractor snow removal costs approximately $260,000 for every three days of deployment.

Civil Service Rules Review

Police and Fire Department Civil Service Lists

EMS staffing crisis and mandated overtime

Two new paramedic positions funded; EMS remains revenue-neutral, recovering over 100% of operating costs.

Human Relations Commission Administrative Updates

FOP Lawsuit Against City Council

Legal costs not disclosed in the meeting.

Police station and fire/health building right-sizing

Saves roughly $20 million on the fire/health building and cuts 2027 debt service from ~$12 million to under $8 million.

Rental Inspection Fees (Bill 84)

Generates fee revenue to offset inspection costs; compliant landlords pay nothing extra.

Public Works Salt Shed Replacement and Expansion

$600,000 capital borrowing expenditure.

School zone flasher upgrades at 26 locations

Funded entirely by a $1.9 million federal TASA grant — no new city money mentioned.

Council legal defense in FOP lawsuit

Not specified in the agenda.

Public Safety and Departmental Personnel Review

Directly affects public safety departmental funding and staffing allocations in the city budget.

Volunteer Snow Removal Pilot Program

Operates primarily on volunteer labor with minimal costs for equipment like shovels and salt.

Union Boulevard After-Hours Club Safety Concerns

None directly specified.

Tobacco-Free Buffer Zones in Public Parks

Negligible administrative costs for signage and enforcement.

Surveillance Technology Review and Flock Safety LPR Oversight

$10,000 contract funded out of the City Council budget.