City of Redmond - File #: AM No. 17-096

• File #: AM No. 17-096
• Type: New Business
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/18/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 6/6/2017
• Final action: 6/6/2017
• Title: Approval of .5FTE Deputy Prosecutor Position Request and Adoption of FY 17-18 Budget Amendment Ordinance 1. ORDINANCE NO. 2885: An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2866, as Amended by Ordinance No. 2868 and 2880, by Making Adjustments to the City's 2017-2018 Biennial Budget, in Exhibit 1

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/6/2017	City Council	approved

MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor John Marchione
SUBJECT:

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Approval of .5FTE Deputy Prosecutor Position Request and Adoption of FY 17-18 Budget Amendment Ordinance

1. ORDINANCE NO. 2885: An Ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 2866, as Amended by Ordinance No. 2868 and 2880, by Making Adjustments to the City's 2017-2018 Biennial Budget, in Exhibit 1

I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Approve .5FTE Deputy Prosecutor position request, and adopt the accompanying budget ordinance to amend the adopted FY 17-18 biennial budget.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS

Jane Christenson, 425-556-2107 jchristenson@redmond.gov

III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND

The City of Redmond Prosecuting Attorney's Office (PAO) has been staffed with 2.5 prosecutor positions (1 Prosecutor and 1.5 Deputy Prosecutors) for several years. In the FY 13-14 biennium, the City reduced the .5 Deputy Prosecutor position due to reduced caseload volume, most notably the reduction in traffic infractions following the discontinuation of the City's pilot red light camera program. At the time of the reduction, the two Deputy Prosecutors agreed to job share the single full-time position.

With the late 2016 resignation of one Deputy Prosecutor, and the increased workload due to both regional King County court initiatives and the POA-Redmond Police Department (RPD) process improvement/LEAN Team implementation, the administration has requested that the Council restore the .5 Deputy Prosecutor position, together with the requisite budget ordinance to provide funding for the FY 17-18 biennium.

IV. PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS HELD

This issue was reviewed with both the Finance, Administration, and Communications Committee (April 24, 2017) and the Public Safety Committee (May 16, 2017). As part of this discussion, staff shared the POA/RPD process improvement/LEAN team efforts, as well as the other regional King County court initiatives driving the need for additional prosecutor staffin...