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Some of my accomplishments as
your Public Safety Commissioner...

Completed an initial feasibility study for Eastside Fire Station and Public Safety Building;

Enacted large truck traffic legislation which increased penalties for persistent offenders and established a system to reduce plea bargaining;

Increased pedestrian crosswalk times on Broadway, installed additional pedestrian signage and tested new pedestrian signaling;

Intensified parking enforcement in and around the downtown area;

Adopted new legislation for apartment inspections within the City;

Enacted the first City "noise ordinance" regulating loud motorized traffic;

Successfully concluded litigation and code compliance controversy relating to the Rip Van Dam without cost to the taxpayer;

Worked with area businesses to improve race track parking while ensuring pedestrian safety;

Retained parking fee collection agency to recover past due parking tickets with a net increase of $100,000 in annual revenue;

Negotiated contracts for five separate bargaining units without legal cost to the City;

Introduced Emergency Management Dispatcher training for dispatchers;

Approved first "live shooter" training for Police Department at Saratoga High School;

Instituted "ten hour" shift with the approval of the Police union, to reduce structural overtime -projected savings of $50,000 per year;

Reorganized the animal control officer position and parking enforcement officers;

Acquired and implemented advanced technology for traffic studies and law enforcement patrols.

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