The current 2024 budget is $26,937,092.
The proposed budgets utilize the previous proposed budget with the following changes/omissions:
- Budget 1b:
- The City of Manhattan’s Special Alcohol Tax Fund will now be providing the funding for the originally requested position of Mental Health Case Manager
- Total reduction of $77,417 from the original proposed budget
- Total realized increase of 6.36% over last year
- Budget 2:
- Elimination of:
- Cops Grant- $121,780
- The Cops Grant is a grant that would fund ½ of the salary for three additional officers. By eliminating this, we eliminate $121,780 from salary costs associated with funding the other half of the salaries
- Reduction of $5,500 from the Community Engagement budget.
- Cops Grant- $121,780
- Special Alcohol Tax Fund now funding the originally requested position of Mental Health Case Manager – reduction of $77,417
- Total reduction of $222,698 from the original proposed budget
- Total realized increase of 5.88% over last year
- Elimination of:
- Budget 3
- Elimination of:
- Cops Grant- $121,780
- Community Engagement- $5,500
- Elimination of the Co-Responder Program - $130,000
- Reduction of $5,500 from the Community Engagement budget.
- 1 School Resource Officer- $116,813
- Special Alcohol Tax Fund now funding the originally requested position of Mental Health Case Manager – reduction of $77,417
- Total reduction of $451,510 from the original proposed budget
- Total realized increase of 4.97% over last year
- Elimination of:
The Law Board carefully deliberated over the budget proposals put forth by RCPD staff and approved budget option 2 for publication; the final approved budget cannot exceed this amount. The Law Board expressed its gratitude to the dedicated staff for their tireless efforts in providing a range of alternatives for consideration. This decision reflects the Board's commitment to ensuring the best allocation of resources to uphold public safety and serve the community effectively.