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POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Address all communications
to the Chief of Police
July 20, 1979
Honorable Mayor Leo P. Rooff
Public Safety Committee Members
Finance Committee Members
715 Mulberry Street
Waterloo, Iowa 50705
Dear Sirs :
Attached is a copy of a letter received from the Black Hawk County
Comprehensive Employment and Training Programs Office (CETA) which
indicates that our part-time school crossing guards will no longer
be funded with federal money.
Our department presently employs three crossing guards; each guard
works two hours a day, before and after school ; 8 :00 A.M. to 9:00
A.M. and 3:00 P.M. to 4 :00 P.M. each school day of the year, at the
designated intersection shown below opposite each name.
Darlys Clark Parker Street and Highway 20
Flaurette Beaver Arlington St. and Highway 63
Marly Clark Idaho St. and Highway 20
The main function of the crossing guards is to assist the school
children in their respective districts to cross the heavily traveled
highways safely. These intersectionsare crossed by students attend-
ing Logan Jr. High, Roosevelt Elementary, St. Mary's, McKinstry Jr.
High and Francis Grout Elementary.
Following is a breakdown of the traffic count at each intersection
including the number of vehicles traveling north, south , east and
west. The year indicated is the latest available figure from the
city of Waterloo Engineer's Office.
Honorable Mayor Leo P. Rooff
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1970 Idaho and Highway 20 (East) 10,230 Vehicles
1975 Parker and Highway 20 (West) 16,244 Vehicles
1978 Arlington and Highway 63 (North) 17,066 Vehicles
The Engineer' s Office estimates a two percent per year increase in
traffic flow. Using this figure, the projected traffic flow at
the aforementioned intersections for 1979 would be as follows :
Idaho and Highway 20 (East) 17,372 Vehicles
Parker and Highway 20 (West) 17,583 Vehicles
Arlington and Highway 63 (North) 17,407 Vehicles
During the fiscal year July 1 , 1978 - June 30, 1979, the three cross-
ing guards received an hourly wage of $3. 75 and worked a total of
1 ,076 hours for a total of $ 4,035.00.
If the crossing guards were to be maintained this year, they normal-
ly would have received a 25 cents per hour increase or $4. 00 per
hour. The Waterloo Community School System has scheduled 180
'student days ' for the FY80 school year. This would give the three
crossing guards 1 ,080 working hours for a total of $4,320. 00.
The termination of the school crossing guards from the CETA Program
was not anticipated by the Police Department. There are no funds in
the Police Department budget to defray the expense of the crossing
guards and it is not feasible to transfer monies of other accounts
within the Police Department. However, we do feel the crossing guards
perform a worthwhile and important function within the community and
should be retained.
We will be meeting with the School Administration during the week of
July 23, 1979, and it will be necessary for us to know the following:
A. Would the City be willing to fund the program?
B. Would the City partially fund the program?
C. Would the City not be willing to fund the program?
We submit this proposal for your study and consideration.
Very truly yours ,
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Frank V Bemisdarf
Chief of Police
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Roger L. Shook
Lieutenant