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Currently under Council consideration: At the February 4 meeting of the Public Safety Committee, it was recommended Council consider and approve participation in a proposed Northwestern Suburban Youth Service Bureau, and appoint a Board Member to it. (Councilman William Feyereisen who is a Counselor at Mounds View High School, is currently servingonthe plan- ning committee for this proposed youth service organization.) Some back- ground on this follows below ..... ..... Dennis Rau, Student Service Coordinator, School District #621 presented at the above Public Safety meeting, the purpose, aims and intents of the Youth Service Bureau to be established for the communities of Roseville, Moundsview, Shoreview, Little Canada, Lauderdale, Falcon Heights, New Brigh- ton, North Oaks, Arden Hills, and School Districts 621 and 623. According to current school enrollment statistics, there are approximately 28,000 school age young people in this area. It is proposed these entities join in submitting an application for federal funding to implement the program. The total budget for this proposed project is $76,983.00 for a 12 -month period. $69,285.00 of this amount would be requested from LEAA Funds (Law Enforcement Assistance Administration of the Department of 'Justice); the remainder, $7,698.00 from Ramsey County. No funding would be required of the villages for two years if the application for federal funds is ap- proved, with shifting of the burden after that time to the participating units of government. The proposal calls for a paid staff of five: A Director at an annual'sal- ary of $15,000 (qualification requirements include graduation from an ac- credited four year college or university with a major in social sciences or a related field, minimum of three years full-time paid experience in related field, including one year of experience in a supervisory capacity); one Family Counselor at an annual salary of $12,000 (qualification require- ments include graduation from an accredited four year college or university, Master's Degree preferable, with a major in Sociology, Psychology, Social Work or related field, minimum of two years experience in counseling field which must include work with families); two Counselors at an annual salary of $10,00 each (qualification requirements include graduation from an ac- credited four year college or university with a major in the social sciences or a related field, or course work and related experience, and two years ex- perience working directly with youth); and one Secretary at an annual salary of $6,500. In addition to the budgeted $53,500 for these five salaries, an annual budget of $8,360 is additional for Fringe Benefits. Initial goals of the Youth Service Bureau are the establishment of the bur- eau itself and a referral service for area youth. Mr. Rau stated there are no services of this type now available in Northwest Suburban Ramsey County. (Ramsey County has a system of Youth Service Bureaus serving the St. Paul, North St. Paul -Maplewood and White Bear Lake School attendance areas.) There- fore the only options open to Police Departments are to "Warn and Release" or petition to court. It is hoped all "warn and release" cases would be re- ferred to the Bureau. Following is a breakdown in the categories of "warn and release" and "peti- tions to court" for the period from January 1, 1975 to September 1, 1975 for the areas named from Police Department records: