Brea has been working on ways to trim both the 2008/09 and 2009/10 budgets. In March, City Council implemented cuts to the current year budget. Here's what's been cut for this year.
Department |
Annual Savings |
Prorated Savings (Based on Effective Date) |
City Manager - eliminate Block Party Program, leather-bound binders for City Councilmembers, training for Clerk's staff |
$3,050 |
$2,150 |
IT - reduce training by 50% |
$10,000 |
$8,000 |
IT - Eliminate 4 Microsoft Office 2007 classes |
$23,100 |
$3,000 |
IT - Reduce Network Wiring Services |
$10,000 |
$10,000 |
Personnel - Reduce training, advertising, travel, meetings, use of recruiters |
$38,000 |
$19,000 |
Personnel - Share Management Analyst with Development Services |
$23,221 |
$13,430 |
Personnel - Eliminate coffee except for official city meetings
$4,875
$2,000
Personnel - Paper plates, napkins, cutlery only to be used at official city events
$5,320
$2,500
Personnel - Stop using Astrobright paper, use pastel paper instead
$1,000
$500
Personnel - Reduce use of color copiers
$3,300
$1,000
Personnel - Reduce monthly lease on copying equipment
$14,400
$6,000
Police - Eliminate professional development conferences
$23,850
$11,000
Police - Eliminate Citizen Academy
$6,750
$6,750
Police - Eliminate special meetings & travel including off-site workshops
$9,295
$7,000
Police - Eliminate Police Explorer/Junior Cadet program
$20,000
$8,400
Police - Eliminate 2 part time clerks
$21,537
$21,537
Police - Eliminate Regional Narcotics Suppression Program (RNSP) detective positions
$98,678
$32,564
Police - Eliminate Downtown bicycle patrol overtime
$101,920
$50,960
Police - Restructure Police Reserve Program duties
$34,578
$14,313
Fire Dept - Eliminate vacant Fire Protection Analyst position
$83,221
$64,096
Development Services - Share Management Analyst with Financial Services
$88,995
$88,995
Development Services - Eliminate Associate Planner
$70,347
$23,215
Development Services - Reduce Building Plan Check contract services
$25,000
$20,000
Community Services - Add Silver Sneakers program to increase revenues
$25,000
$18,750
Community Services - Reduce part-time adult & youth basketball staff from 4 to 3
$5,150
$2,575
Community Services - Reduce supplies for Babysitting/Kid Watch
$1,300
$650
Community Services - Reduce travel & meeting expenses
$10,300
$5,150
Community Services - Eliminate Senior Community Services Supervisor, add part time Community Services Leader, eliminate Senior Travel Club and Senior Retirement Expo event
$98,811
$89,516
Community Services - Add part-time intermittent Facility Worker to perform set-ups for evening Facility rentals
-$6,297
-$2,645
Maintenance Services - Eliminate open vacancies in Streets Division
$69,711
$61,302
Maintenance Services - Eliminate open vacancy in Parks Division
$72,237
$49,069
Maintenance Services - Eliminate trail maintenance funding from Parks Division budget
$3,755
$3,755
Maintenance Services - Eliminate open vacancies in Building Maintenance
$155,901
$99,930
$1,156,305
$744,462
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