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. e e ~ ~ ~HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Work Session Agenda 2A February 11, 2004 Mayor and City Council ^ ~ _ ~ Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator IV ~ Work Session: Law Enforcement DiscussIOn BACKGROUND Arden Hills has been presented a proposal from the City of New Brighton for law enforcement services. An overview of the proposal was presented at a joint meeting of the Arden Hills and New Brighton City Councils in late 2003. The current provider of law enforcement services is the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department. The County provides these services on a contract basis to seven Ramsey County communities. Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher provided a presentation to the City Council at the January work session. The proposal from the City of New Brighton proposes a start date of January 1, 2005. The current agreement with Ramsey County requires that nine month notice be given if a City intends to terminate the agreement at the end of a calendar year, The current plan for review of proposals is to have general discussion and question and answer session on Tuesday evening, February 17 (work session). At the regular City Council meeting of February 23, the public will be invited to provide input to the City Council regarding this topic, The item will then be placed on the agenda for action at the March 8 meeting. DISCUSSION You have been provided a great deal of background information by both departments over the past several months. In addition, we have a proposal from the City of New Brighton and a 2005 budget estimate from Ramsey County Sheriff. The February 17 work session has been designated as an opportunity for the City Council to ask questions of both the City and the Sheriff. I received a few questions over the past few weeks that I provided to the two parties so they could be prepared to address them. These questions include the following: I. Further clarification regarding how the neighborhood policing model (i.e, grid system) works in New Brighton. Can the County provide neighborhood policing similar to the grid system-model, and if so, would there be additional cost? Information has been requested from both departments regarding graffiti/vandalism in the neighborhood areas surrounding the two high schools - i,e. do they track these 2. 3.