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Communication

Office of the City Manager

 
 

Date

January 25, 2010

 

Agenda Item No.         22

Roll Call No.                10-

Communication No.    10-040

Submitted by: Merrill R. Stanley, Deputy City Manager

 

 

 

AGENDA HEADING:

 

Submitting travel and training requests for Denise Schafnitz, Tom Turner and Mark Wessels.

 

 

SYNOPSIS:

 

Recommend approval for travel and training requests listed below.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

 

Amount:   $2,718 (Schafnitz); $2,200 (Turner); $1,650 (Wessels)

 

Funding Source:

·         SP321 POL982100 – Police – Federal Forfeited Funds (Schafnitz)

·         GE001 HRS010000 – Human Resources – Administration (Turner)

·         SP321 POL982100 – Police – Federal Forfeited Funds (Wessels)

 

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

 

Denise Schafnitz (NR-0) Senior Police Officer, to Virginia Beach, VA, from March 7 – March 12, 2010 ($2,718), to attend a Child Forensic Interview Clinic sponsored by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.  Participants will learn state-of-the-art forensic interview theory, research and techniques, which will make the officer better prepared to explain and defend interview techniques in court.

 

Tom Turner (R-0) Human Resources Director, to New Orleans, LA, from April 24 – April 28, 2010 ($2,200), to attend the 2010 Annual Conference of the National Public Employer Labor Relations Association.  The conference is designed to provide an in-depth look at collective bargaining, labor relations and human resources.

 

Mark A. Wessels, (NR-0) Sergeant, to Charlotte, MI, from April 25 – April 30, 2010 ($1,650), to attend Patrol Rifle Instructor School.  The training will provide instructor certification, which will allow the officer to instruct Patrol Rifle School In-Service Training.

 

The amount budgeted for travel in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 is $629,436.  The amount expended for travel in FY 2010, as of January 18, 2010, is $204,240.

 

 

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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