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Resolution accepting the Police Recruitment and Retention Task Force 2022 Report and authorizing 2023 expenditures, including a Level Three fund transfer
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WHEREAS, in November 2021, the Common Council from the City of Wauwatosa authorized $203,000.00 to be used as recruitment efforts by the task force to include hiring bonuses, referral bonuses, and police academy reimbursement;
WHEREAS, the task force is proposing a Level 3 fund transfer for recruitment and retention efforts into 2023 in the amount of $60,000.00;
WHEREAS, the total budget will increase to $230,425 to accommodate for bonuses and marketing and advertisement in 2023;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY the Common Council of the City of Wauwatosa that the modified 2023 budget for the Police Recruitment and Retention Task Force is hereby approved, to be funded through police department salary savings, and that a Level 3 fund transfer be approved for support of the RRTF program as described in the memo of the Police Captain and the Human Resources Director presented to the Committee on Financial Affairs at its March 14, 2023, meeting.
By: Financial Affairs Committee
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Recommendation: Approve 7-0