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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute a three-year agreement and any subsequent amendments with Long Beach City College to provide instructional services to City employees with the funds generated to be directed for Police and Fire Department training budgets. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
For many years, the City of Long Beach (City) and Long Beach City College (LBCC) have shared the Full-Time Equivalent Student (FTES) state funding for training at the Long Beach Police and Fire Academies. These sites serve as extension campuses of LBCC. The current agreement expires on July 31, 2007.
The agreement provides for instructional services and college units for the Police Department, Fire Department, and other City employees (such as Harbor Department security officers). The employees receive training at either the Long Beach Police Academy or Fire Academy for courses that are required by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, the Police Department, the Fire Department, or the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards. Students register with LBCC to receive college credits for the courses taught by Police or Fire Department instructors.
Through the FTES program, the State of California reimburses LBCC a specific amount per student per instructional hour. LBCC retains fifty percent of these monies and distributes the remaining monies, less enrollment fees, to the Police and Fire Departments according to instructional classes. The term of this agreement shall be three-years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year terms. The agreement may be terminated with thirty days written notice by either party.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Gary Anderson on July 3, 2007 and Budget and Performance Management Bureau Manager David Wodynski on June 28, 2007.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this matter is requested on July 10, 2007 to continue receiving FTES funds for training provided at the...
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