Council
Communication

Office of the City Manager
 
 

Date

July 14, 2008

 

Agenda Item No.         42

Roll Call No.                08-

Communication No.    08-420

Submitted by: Richard A. Clark, City Manager

 

 

 

AGENDA HEADING:

 

Submitting training requests for Bruce Bergman, Jeff Dawson, Joe A. Gonzalez, Sandra Morris, Kandi Reindl, Kathleen Vanderpool, Anna W. Whipple, and Venkata Yarlagadda.

 

 

SYNOPSIS:

 

Recommend approval for training requests listed below.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

 

Amount:   $1,960.00 (Bergman); $1,821.00 (Dawson); $1,555.00 (Gonzalez); $1,519.00 (Morris); $1,900.00 (Reindl); $1,940.00 (Vanderpool); $2,200.00 (Whipple); $2,200.00 (Yarlagadda)

 

Funding Source:

 

·        GE001 LGL010000 – Legal – General Services (Bergman)

·        SP324 POL982200 – Police – State Forfeited Funds (Dawson)

·        SP324 POL982200 – Police – State Forfeited Funds (Gonzalez)

·        GE001 POL040900 – Police – E911 Reimbursement (Morris)

·        GE001 CMO010000 – City Manager – Administration (Reindl)

·        GE001 LGL010000 – Legal – General Services (Vanderpool)

·        SP720 HRS980100 – IT – City Wide Training/Benchmarking (Whipple)

·        SP720 HRS980100 – IT – City Wide Training/Benchmarking (Yarlagadda)

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Bruce Bergman (R-0) City Attorney, to Las Vegas, NV, from September 13 – 18, 2008, ($1,940.00), to attend the International Municipal Lawyers Association 73rd Annual Conference.  The Conference will include workshops on land use, housing, law office management, hazardous waste, construction law, defending the police, etc.

Jeff Dawson (NR-0) Senior Police Officer, to Chattanooga, TN, from November 9 – 14, 2008, ($1,821.00), to attend the 9th Annual International Breachers Symposium.  Topics covered at the symposium include standard operating procedures (developing policy), operational explosive breaching case studies, legal case discussion and perspectives, training issues, necessary equipment, technical vs. tactical breaching, breach planning, range demonstrations, robots and high risk entry, and historical perspectives.

Joe A. Gonzalez (R-0) Sergeant, to San Antonio, TX, from August 24 – 29, 2008, ($1,555.00), to attend the International Latino Gang Investigators Association Conference.  The conference will provide valuable and current information on Latino gangs and related issues.

Sandra Morris (R-0) Communications Section Administrator, to Kansas City, MO, from August 3 – 8, 2008, ($1,519.00), to attend the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) 74th Annual Conference and Expo.  The conference offers more than 90 sessions on personal and professional development and a variety of technical skills.  The conference also brings together more than 300 vendors to give hands-on demonstrations of new technologies.

Kandi Reindl (R-0) Assistant to the City Manager, to Richmond, VA, from September 20 – 24, 2008, ($1,900.00), to attend the International City Manager’s Association (ICMA) 94th Annual Conference.

Kathleen Vanderpool (R-0) Deputy City Attorney, to Las Vegas, NV, from September 13 – 18, 2008, ($1,940.00), to attend the International Municipal Lawyers Association 73rd Annual Conference.  The conference will include workshops on land use, housing, law office management, hazardous waste, construction law, defending the police, etc.

Anna W. Whipple (R-0) Information Technology, to San Diego, CA, from August 3 – 10, 2008, ($2,200), to attend the Environmental Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI) International User Conference.  The conference offers training workshops on ESRI software, opportunities to learn about best practices in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and to connect with ESRI business partners.

Venkata Yarlagadda (NR-0) Information Technology, to San Diego, CA, from August 3 – 10, 2008, ($2,200), to attend the Environmental Systems Research Institute’s (ESRI) International User Conference.  The conference offers training workshops on ESRI software, opportunities to learn about best practices in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and to connect with ESRI business partners.

The amount budgeted for travel in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 is $520,011.  The amount expended for travel in FY 2009 as of July 8, 2008 is $0.

 

 

PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION(S):

 

Date: January 20, 1992

 

Roll Call Number:  92-214

 

Action:   The City Council approved a revision to the policy for travel authorization requests.  Such revision requires trips that exceed three days and $1,250 be approved by the Council.  The number in parentheses indicates the total number of trips previously authorized for that individual for the current budget year.

 

 

BOARD/COMMISSION ACTION(S): NONE

 

 

ANTICIPATED ACTIONS AND FUTURE COMMITMENTS: NONE

 

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