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Police present $6.64 million general-fund budget; committee hears updated CAD/RMS cost estimate and equipment plans
Summary
Police Chief Tom Worthing presented a $6.64 million police budget and told the committee an updated CAD/RMS project estimate will require a budget adjustment; equipment plans include taser replacement, expanded body‑camera leasing, and deferred UAV purchase pending grants.
Police Chief Tom Worthing detailed the proposed $6,640,000 police budget and outlined several technology and equipment priorities, including a CAD/RMS system replacement in coordination with Wasco County, a planned taser replacement, expanded body-worn camera leasing, and consideration of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a first-responder tool (deferred pending grant funding).
Worthing said the department delivered 18,455 calls for service in the last calendar year and used force on 32 occasions; he described the department as accredited and noted continuing training investments. He said staffing and personnel costs are the majority of the department budget and that overtime projections were raised (from $152,000 to $190,000) to reduce end‑of‑year pressure.
On technology, the chief described a multi-part CAD/RMS project the city is pursuing jointly with Wasco County and Mid-Columbia Fire & Rescue. He reported a project total (including CAD, records-migration, hosting and county-supplied network infrastructure) that staff calculated as $914,558.38 and told the committee that the budget documents will need to be adjusted to that updated figure; earlier sections of the printed budget included a placeholder of $631,768 for this work. City Manager Matthew Cleves confirmed the number will need to be adjusted and said the change will reduce the city’s ending fund balance and be summarized when the committee votes to recommend the final budget.
Worthing described other equipment plans: a proposal to purchase two marked patrol SUVs and one unmarked vehicle (life‑cycle replacement), an off‑cycle taser replacement project estimated at $135,190 for 26 tasers and training/warranty, and additional body-worn cameras and charging infrastructure (the department is moving from ownership to a lease model for cameras and storage). He said the previously budgeted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV/drone) purchase for 2026 will be pushed to a later year and staff will seek grant funding before buying it.
Dispatch and 9‑1‑1 costs were highlighted: the county-run dispatch center charges the city for CAD and 9‑1‑1 services and the proposed dispatch budget includes added costs tied to staffing changes at the county dispatch center. Worthing and staff said the upgrade to CAD/RMS will modernize dispatch and records systems, improve officer access to real‑time data, and enable analytics for evidence‑based deployment.
No formal vote to approve the police technology purchases occurred at this meeting; staff flagged the CAD/RMS number change and indicated it will be recorded as an adjustment before final budget approval.
