A RESOLUTION related to Seattle Police Department overtime usage and progress reports to the Gender Equity, Safe Communities, and New Americans Committee on implementation of City Auditor recommendations from the April 2016 overtime audit.
Agenda Item nine Resolution 316 75 related to the Seattle Police Department over time usage and progress reports to the Gender Equity, Safe Communities and New Americans Committee on Implementation of City Auditor Recommendations from the April 2016 Overtime Audit. The committee recommends the resolution be adopted. Councilmember Gonzalez. Thank you. Council President Harrell This is a resolution related to the Seattle Police Department overtime usage and progress reports that will be required from the Department to the Gender Equity Safe Communities and Americans Committee on implementation of a set of 30 recommendations from the City Auditor from the April 2016 overtime audit. In essence, as I mentioned this morning, the chief of police, when she first arrived, I think about three or four months after she arrived as our chief of police made we made a request to our city city auditor's office to have the overtime usage and processes and tools at the Seattle Police Department be subject to an audit by the city auditor. As the result of that particular request, there were 30 recommendations that were issued by the city auditor related to some failings in control systems at the Seattle Police Department. And all of those 30 recommendations were accepted by the police department. And this resolution is intended to, in a in a different way, impose upon the Seattle Police Department clear milestones and deadlines and expectations around deliverables in terms of how it is they are complying with the auditor's recommendations. This this resolution, in my mind, is critically important to ensure that we continue to have a police department that is accountable, not just in police misconduct, police accountability, police discipline issues, but also on the operations side. And I think that Councilmember Burgess made a very fine point in committee last week when we heard from the department that they would like to engage in a conversation around whether the overtime budget allocated to the department is accurate. In response to that, Councilmember Burgess indicated that. Why don't we try to figure out how to get this house in order before we throw more money at the house? And so I think that that's an important point. My hope is that this overtime resolution will steer us in that direction so that we are making sure that the money that the Seattle Police Department does have for purposes of overtime is being utilized efficiently and effectively and transparently. Before we dove into these two, which is is the overtime budget set at the appropriate levels, yes or no? Thank you, Councilman Gonzales. Any further comments from any of my colleagues for questions? CNN. Those in favor of adopting the resolution vote i. I. Those opposed vote no. The motion carries, the resolution stopped and then Charles signed it. Please read the next agenda item into the record, please. Agenda item ten Resolution 316 76 relating to responsible police gun procurement. The committee recommends the resolution be adopted as amended concerning Gonzales. I will defer to Councilmember Bagshaw, who is the prime sponsor of this resolution.