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Public safety enterprise services presents five‑year strategic plan; staff report $1.2M reduction next year
Summary
Enterprise services leaders described a unified public‑safety strategic plan intended to guide budgeting, performance and collaboration across bureaus and said enterprise services faces an overall $1.2 million reduction in the next fiscal year while receiving a small number of targeted additions.
Enterprise services staff presented a consolidated five‑year strategic plan for the Public Safety Service Area and outlined near‑term budget changes to the Community and Public Safety Committee on May 27.
Elizabeth Perez, enterprise services director for the service area, said the plan was developed from months of work to align finance, HR, communications and other back‑office functions so bureaus can coordinate on prevention, response and recovery. "This mission was developed in recognition of the importance not just of responding to and intervening in safety concerns and emergencies, but also the critical role of upstream prevention work and support services to aid recovery," said Chloe Massarello, the strategic planning analyst, summarizing the plan’s mission and goals.
Nathan Limi, who manages budgeting and performance for the service area, said the plan contains four overarching goals: improve response capabilities; enhance collaboration with partners and the community; strengthen workforce and systems; and bolster prevention and recovery. Limi said each action item in the plan has an accountable program manager and measurable metrics that staff will report back to the committee in future months.
Ken Lee, business services manager, and Perez described the operational steps behind centralizing business functions under a Community Safety Division created earlier in the transition. The presenters said centralization aimed to standardize finance, procurement and timekeeping while keeping staff embedded in their bureaus to maintain bureau‑specific knowledge.
Budget highlights in the presentation noted an overall reduction to enterprise services of about $1.2 million for the next fiscal year, including three staff reductions and planned citywide enterprise efficiencies. Perez said the bureau received targeted additions: ongoing funding for a data analyst to support OVP (Office of Violence Prevention) and CeaseFire and one‑time funding for a contact survey recommended by PSAP. An additional $706,000 in enterprise efficiencies was expected in coming months, Perez said.
Committee members asked about lessons for other service areas, how centralization affects equity work and whether the plan would drive ongoing funding decisions. Mike Myers, deputy city administrator for the public safety service area, told councilors that he expects the strategic plan to inform future ongoing funding decisions and to link funding requests to plan objectives.
Ending note: Staff said the plan is intended as a living management tool that will be embedded in budgeting and operational decisions and that the team will return with performance metrics and progress reports in future committee meetings.
