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Session 1106, I.~nutes June 23, 1975 Page 11 justification in giving a residency allowance to the Public Safety Officer, particularly the Police Officer, because he is on duty 24 hours a day. Councilman l~erner countered that he has no real objection to the residency allowance, but feels there may be problems if it is not offered to the non-uniformed people and there is also the possibility that the offer may be disproportionately favoring the very young who will move into apartments. Councilman Adams observed that he goes along with the idea of requiring new Policemen to live in University City. ~ayor Kaufman pointed out there could be a recruitment problem. The l~yor said he would like to have prepared a review of figures, etc., since the beginning of the residency program, in terms of ~at impact this had on the increased residency in the community. Councilman Lieberman said Police Chief Damos had mentioned one t~Tarrant Officer is necessary, and discussing this in more detail, the Chief ex- plained that it has been found that the Department is not able to keep up with serving ~e warrants of the University City Court. lie said that present- ly this is being done on a time and a half basis (overtime) by men in the Department. I~yor Kaufman thanked Chief Damos for his presentation. (See below) I:RCESS: At 11:25 P.I~. the }iayor called for a brief recess and at 11:35 P.Ii. the Council reconvened. 1~. Eugene Schwartz, 7207 Pershing Avenue, commended the Council for its intelligent discussion and arguments with regard to the Budget and bids. He said he is more concerned with the quality of the Police than with the nu~er of Police. lie expressed the view that there is a need for a Planning and Research Department here. lie pointed out that the City is not using the Pre-Warn System to its fullest extent, lie said he is very disappointed in the lack of support for human resources here, and he felt the preventive measures are not being supported. He also commented that the staff is not being trained to do the job of community control as it does relate to the PCR. He said he is not too concerned about adding three, six or ten men to do PCR~ he is more worried about teaching each patrolman to do PCR, and he would like to have one man who is responsible for training in the In- Service Department. lit. Schwartz said he believes that University City is too large to have combined Police and Fire personnel, lie said he is in favor of the Residency allowance. Following discussion, Councilman Lieberman moved that an additional six Police Officers should be placed in the Budget at a cost of approximately $90,000. Three would be PCR officers, 2 Patrolmen and 1 Juvenile Officer. Further~ that the Budget income would reflect an additional 8¢ in property tax in order to accomplish this. l~tion was seconded by Councilman Glickert. Councilman Werner said he doesn't think the City can afford this type of additional expansion, and he would be opposed to the total package that Councilman Lieberman is talking about, lie said he believes there should be some adjustments and he offered these alternatives: change some of the Cadets for Police Officers; eliminate three of the Cadet positions for two officers or apply to CETA for Cadets. City I~anager tlenry said he doesn't know whether CETA would authorize additional positions. Of the present Cadets, five are authorized positions and three are CETA.