This may mean your 911 call will have no officers to respond. There has been little or no change in Patrol. Not one council member questioned it, nor the issue of overtime increases due to staffing shortages. I expect that immediate and decisive action be taken to reduce current expenditures. Backfill overtime is to be cut back.
Unattributed overtime is to be zero.
Obviously, these steps will only go so far. I leave it to your ingenuity to effect the balance. Please identify related program costs so that the Chief can appropriately advise the City Manager's office. The City Council was presented with the following explanation of the budget overrun. No staffing problems, no overtime problems, no public safety concerns and no questions from city council.