10-15-07 WS Item 1C Sheriffs 2008 Proposed Budget

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~ ~~HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: September 7, 2007 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator SUBJECT: Response to Questions to Ramsey County Sheriffs Department BACKGROUND During a recent budget discussion, it was noted that there are concerns with the addition of a Relief Deputy for the proposed 2008 law enforcement budget. Councilmember Grant indicated that he had a number of questions for our contract law enforcement provider, Ramsey County Sheriff's Department. Staff was directed to work with Councilmember Grant to address those questions. The questions were submitted to RCSD on August 16 and the responses are noted below. DISCUSSION Arden Hills has about 5.0+ FTE head count. Included in the figure is a portion of the Rice Street Car and traffic deputy. Of the AH FTE count what is the total annual hours for vacation. sick and personal leave ? The Arden Hills FTE count for patrol is 5.4098245. Per Undersheriff Altendorfer, this number actually reflects the FTE's necessary to provide 24-hour patrol coverage. The traffic and Rice Street car are budgeted separately from patrol. The patrol number is what it takes to staff a 24/7 car. In terms ofthe total annual hours for vacation/sick/personal leave, that data is not available. It is not tracked by City; they could only provide these numbers for department as a whole. Another complication is that while they try to staff each car/City with a constant person, it doesn't always work that way, so it is difficult to track. Of the AH FTE count what is the total annual hours for court duty related to AH? As with the question above, this data is not tracked by City. What is the AH percentage (or FTE amount) for the traffic deputy? Day shift - 15.5014%, which equals $16,779.25 in the 2007 budget Afternoon - 10% or $9,749.35 in the 2007 budget