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San Marcos leaders say public‑safety departments are 'optimized' but under strain as council reframes staffing language
Summary
Chiefs told the council training budgets have been cut and departments are at or near optimized staffing; council agreed to emphasize optimization and reporting of service‑level gaps and asked staff to include constraints in upcoming budget policy materials.
City chiefs and councilmembers spent a large portion of the workshop on public safety, with chiefs saying departments have already cut training and optimized deployment to meet rising call volumes.
Councilmember Gonzales proposed replacing language that said departments should be “adequately staffed” with wording that asks departments to “optimize staffing, training, and deployment of…
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