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Committee recommends $30,000 transfer to cover police and fire detail costs for Labor Day feast
Summary
Budget & Finance endorsed a $30,000 transfer from airport department free cash to a public-safety account to pay police and fire details for the Feast of the Three Saints, after festival representatives described rising security costs and the organizers' role in scholarships and charities.
The Budget & Finance committee voted to forward to the full council a $30,000 internal transfer from the airport department's free-cash account to a public-and-neighborhood-safety project to pay police and fire detail costs for the Feast of the Three Saints (Labor Day weekend).
Sue Fink, manager of financial and administrative services in the Office of Planning and Development, said the airport's free-cash account currently held $36,194 and the transfer would be an internal reallocation to pay city department invoices for police and fire services. She emphasized that no funds would go to outside organizations and that the transfer mirrors a recent similar action.
Festival representatives told the committee the rising cost of police and fire details has cut into scholarship and charitable funds the society distributes; one treasurer said the society has provided $5,000 to $62,000 in scholarships in recent years depending on fundraising. Council members expressed support and asked staff and organizers to explore long-term strategies to mitigate detail costs.
The committee voted to send the transfer to the full council with a favorable recommendation.
Next steps: The full council will consider the appropriation at its next meeting; staff and organizers were asked to collaborate on long-term options for controlling detail costs and report back.
