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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of AUGUST 6, 1991 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: KARL E. GAYTAI, PARKS, RECREATION AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR SUBJECT: REPORT ON WEEKEND RESTITUTION PROGRAM Date: JULY 31, 1991 REQUESTED BY COUNCILMAN ROY ROMAN (OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS WORK RELEASE PROGRAM) RArKC,R(x TNT) The City of Colton has a contract in force with the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department that follows certain guidelines as stated in the California Penal Code. Workers do many weed and litter abatement tasks, as well as many City beautification projects, that due to budget constraints, would otherwise go unattended to. The program has provided a substantial amount of community service at a minimal cost to the City. STATEMENT OF PROBLEM: Many departments were accustomed to prior agreements or terms less restrictive than the current amended contract. Workers on this program can be used for City beautification, weed and litter abatement, painting, and general labor tasks that do not require operation of equipment other than as stated in Amended Paragraph #7 of the current contract the City has in force with San Bernardino County for this year. The program was never intended to replace City Employees or provide a work force to assume their regularly assigned duties. The program does provide a tremendous service for the City; however, the program is limited by the scope of work allowed for them to do and the equipment with which to perform the work. With crews doing most work by manual labor, many tasks are often time consuming in the process. Many demands are requested of the program that are not in the scope of the contract. ALTERNATIVES: Next year, the City could chose not to participate in the program when the current contract expires and lose the level of service now provided to the community. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The City now has the program run by part-time, temporary recreation leaders that are paid $5.25 to $5.75 per hour with no benefits. By not using regular full-time employees and losing their time on the job, the City is saving in excess of $71,000 to operate the program. The City also saves money from weed abatement cost and fines on City -owned property. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The City would have a much greater problem with blight, as the current Parks Department does not have enough staff to assign to these areas attended to by the Weekend Program. Attachments: Page 1 of CENTRAL RECORDS Item No.c;2/ FILE N10, .........