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Veto - Page 3 <br />the Police Department will provide assistance. It is the opinion of the Police <br />Department there is no safety issue if the dispatcher isn't replaced. <br />CONCLUSION <br />I hereby VETO Councilperson Kasler's amendmeat to 2002-117 which added an <br />additional $22,984 to the Foiice Staffing line i#em which is evmprised of $5,100 <br />saved in (deducted frnm) the mayor's secretary line item and $17,8$4 remaining of <br />the Adelphia money and to be used for, to be earmark,ed and used for re- <br />instatement of auzitiary duties and school guards to be prioritized by the Police <br />Department in a manner that they see fit, secanded by Councilman Gareau Jr. and <br />passed by CoanciL <br />On the other hand I will support a$16,700 transfer to the Police Department: $8,000 for <br />auxiliary poiice purposes and $8,700 for the placement of three additional guards. Based <br />on the facts noted above we can monitor the spending, reinstate security patrols in both <br />residential neighborhoods and at schoot crossing loca.tions, and still achieve cost saving <br />benefrts wluie maintaining a high degree of city services. I ha.ve a hlgh regazd for the <br />Police Department, but I am not in favor of throwing money at it without having a prior <br />well-crafted plan for its total expenditure. <br />?