City of Albuquerque - File #: R-16-142

• File #: R-16-142
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 12/5/2016
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/20/2017
• Enactment date: 4/7/2017
• Enactment #: R-2017-028
• Title: Calling For A Study Of The Need For, Feasibility Of And Methodology Of Implementation Of Consolidating Public Safety Services Within The Incorporated And Unincorporated Areas Of Bernalillo County; Designating Funding For The Study (Lewis, Sanchez, Benton)
• Sponsors: Isaac Benton, Dan Lewis

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/7/2017	City Clerk	Published
4/7/2017	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
3/30/2017	City Council	Sent to Mayor for Signature
3/20/2017	City Council	Passed	Pass
3/6/2017	City Council	Postponed	Pass
2/22/2017	City Council	Accepted Without Recommendation
2/13/2017	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Sent to Council Without Recommendation	Pass
1/23/2017	Finance & Government Operations Committee	Postponed	Pass
12/5/2016	City Council	Introduced and Referred
12/5/2016	President	Referred

CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY SECOND COUNCIL


COUNCIL BILL NO. R-16-142 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________

SPONSORED BY: Dan Lewis, Ken Sanchez, Isaac Benton


RESOLUTION
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Calling For A Study Of The Need For, Feasibility Of And Methodology Of Implementation Of Consolidating Public Safety Services Within The Incorporated And Unincorporated Areas Of Bernalillo County; Designating Funding For The Study (Lewis, Sanchez, Benton)
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CALLING FOR A STUDY OF THE NEED FOR, FEASIBILITY OF AND METHODOLOGY OF IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSOLIDATING PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES WITHIN THE INCORPORATED AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF BERNALILLO COUNTY; DESIGNATING FUNDING FOR THE STUDY.
WHEREAS, Bernalillo County has reached a population of 675,000, with the vast majority of that population (96%) residing in urban areas; and
WHEREAS, since 2008, the gross receipts and property taxes revenues that fund the services delivered by the City of Albuquerque and the County of Bernalillo have experienced slow, flat, or in some cases negative growth, straining the ability of these governments to provide necessary services; and
WHEREAS, the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, the Bernalillo County fire department, and the City of Albuquerque police and fire departments serve constituencies with similar demographics and often overlapping boundaries; and
WHEREAS, due to criteria set through national standards the aforementioned departments use substantially similar equipment to carry out their day-to-day tasks - from vehicles to service revolvers to firefighting equipment; and
WHEREAS, the provision of public safety services is among the most challenging tasks a community faces and expenditures for public safety are a substantial share of the budgets of both the City of Albuquerque and the County of Bernalillo; and
WHEREAS, these shared attributes between the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and the Albuquerque Police Department and the Bernalillo C...