How much does the city of Santa Ana pay for its police services?

Mission Viejo has been a contract city from our inception in March of 1988. By that I mean we do not have our own police or fire departments nor do we have our own staff for maintaining our parks and roads.

Included on our next Mission Viejo city council calendar will be a Contract renewal for our Agreement with the OCSD. I would be curious to see comments from bloggers to this post.

We are a 17 square mile city of 100,000 people served by 56 sworn and 10 non sworn deputies. Our Contract renewal, as indicated below, will be just short of $13 million per year.

Not to take anything away from in-house policing such as beach communities like Newport Beach and Laguna Beach, but this bedroom community, contract city, appears to get more “bang for the buck” with this arrangement. Granted there is a big difference between Santa Ana, the city that is also the home of our County seat, and our bedroom community, with virtually no industry or manufacturing to speak of.

Agenda Title
FY 2007-08 Law Enforcement Services Agreement and Additional Law Enforcement Services Provided by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department Delta Unit

Recommended Action
1) Approve the FY 2007-08 Law Enforcement Services Agreement with the County of Orange for an amount not to exceed $12,799,938; and 2) authorize the City Manager to approve reimbursements related to Delta Unit services in an amount not to exceed $65,000 for FY 2007-08.

Executive Summary
Law Enforcement Agreement
The City of Mission Viejo contracts with the County of Orange for the provision of law enforcement services in Mission Viejo. The amended contract amount for law enforcement services during fiscal year 2006-07 was $12,321,026. The County has submitted a proposed Law Enforcement Services Agreement for FY 2007-08 with a total cost of $12,799,938 (an increase of $478,912, or 3.9%, over this year’s agreement).

The proposed Law Enforcement Services Agreement includes no changes in staffing from FY 2006-2007. The Agreement includes a total of 56 sworn officers and 10 non-sworn, for a total of 66 personnel to serve the City of Mission Viejo. The increase in cost over last year’s contract is due to increases in salaries and benefits for management staff, transportation costs, and other operating expenses. In October of each year, the County begins negotiations with the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs (AOCDS) for salaries and benefits. The County has informed the City that that they have yet to conclude the collective bargaining process with AOCDS that was started in October 2006. If needed, staff will bring back any necessary contract and/or budget amendments to the City Council related to the 2006 and 2007 collective bargaining negotiations.

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