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DATE: May 13, 2019 <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers <br /> <br />FROM: Dave Perrault, City Administrator <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Ramsey County Sheriff Expenditures <br /> <br />Budgeted Amount: Estimated Amount: Funding Source: <br />$0 $22,902 General Fund <br /> <br />Council Should Consider <br /> <br />Council should consider approving the additional expenditures requested by the Ramsey County <br />Sheriff’s Department. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The Ramsey County Sheriff has submitted three additional cost requests for the 2019 budget <br />year. The background information is attached and a summary of the items and their costs for the <br />City is below. <br /> <br />-Body Camera Implementation ($13,793) – The Sheriff is planning on rolling out body cameras <br />in July of 2019, this was not originally planned for until 2020. The total cost to the Sheriff for <br />the contract cities is $239,699; the Sheriff’s office is proposing additional cost sharing, which <br />would reduce the cities’ cost to $100,164, or $13,793 for Arden Hills. The cities will be <br />responsible for the ongoing costs in 2020 and beyond, which is estimated to be $170,000 in <br />2020, or approximately $23,400 for Arden Hills. <br /> <br />-Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) ($5,728) – The Sheriff is proposing to replace their <br />outdated or end of life AEDs (the AEDs are approximately fifteen years old) in the contract <br />cities, which equates to approximately twenty units. <br /> <br />-Ballistic Tactical Shields ($3,381) – The Sheriff is requesting eight additional shields for the <br />contract cities to improve response time in the case of critical events. <br /> <br />None of these items are included in the 2019 budget, but it is anticipated that they will have <br />minimal, if any, impact on the 2019 budget. For the past two years, expenditures have come in <br />under budget by at least $32,000. We are expecting similar results in 2019. <br /> <br />Attachment <br /> <br />Attachment A: Ramsey County Sheriff Memo – Body Cameras <br />Attachment B: Ramsey County Sheriff Memo – AED Replacement <br />Attachment C: Ramsey County Sheriff Memo – Ballistic Tactical Shields <br /> <br />CONSENT ITEM – 7C <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br />