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6. Contracting for Services The CPD provides full-service law enforcement services to the community, and the scope of the audit included a review of whether the City might be able to more cost-effectively provide police services by contracting all or a portion of its current operations with other jurisdictions or service providers. — Three of the more commonly known forms of contracting are: 1) Intergovernmental service agreements - a unit of government contracts with another unit of government to provide a service or group of services for a shared amount. 2) Consolidation/merger - a governmental entity consolidates and/or merges with another area government for the provision of services with another (or multiple) area government(s). 3) Privatization - all or part of governmental services are turned over to the private sector for provision. — Should the City decide to contract its law enforcement services, it should do so under the intergovernmental service agreement model. — There are numerous practical and political concerns and considerations surrounding contracting, which makes this contracting decision not a simple matter of pure economic efficiency. Recommendations In consultation with the City Manager, the City Council should determine whether the City should contract out all or a portion of its police services. If a contracting alternative is chosen, the City Council should direct the City Manager to solicit proposals through a competitive process or to appropriately justify a decision to proceed with establishing a contract with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. — If the City continues to operate its own dispatch unit, the City Manager should explore combining the function with other neighboring jurisdictions, including possibly selling dispatch services to other jurisdictions. — The City Manager should determine the best option for restructuring the City's code enforcement and animal control functions, including folding them into the City's Development Services Department. Animal control, animal shelter and/or code enforcement could alternatively be provided through a contract or joint powers agreement. PUBLIC COMMENT: The following citizens addressed the council: Greg Castillo, Tony Morales, Robbie Bornsheuer, Jose Olivar, Joe Perez, Christine Irish -Re and Robert Chavez, Sr. Council Member De La Rosa directed staff to provide Council with concrete numbers, suggestions on Utilities and possible reductions to get to those numbers. (2) Operational Performance Audit of the Colton Fire Department Receive presentation from Auditors and provide possible direction to staff Steve Foti, Principal Partner with Harvey M. Rose & Associates provided a PowerPoint presentation on the Fire Department. Audit Purpose and Scope 2010 JUL 27 SPC CC/RDA/CUA MEETING - 6 -