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<br />Page 2 <br /> <br />What is the AH percentage (or FTE amount) for the Rice Street car? <br />In the 2007 budget, it is 8.33% or $16,248.92 <br /> <br />What is the response time for the AH unit? <br />2006 (which is the most recent data available if you want to look at a full year): <br />Every call overall = 6.30 minutes average <br />For medicals = 5.21 minutes <br /> <br />What percentage of the time (or number of calls) is the AH car backing up other cities? <br />They do not track that so do not have data available. <br /> <br />What percentage of the time are other cities backing up AH (excluding the Rice Street car and <br />traffic deputy)? <br />They do not track that so do not have data available. <br /> <br />What is the purpose of the power deputy? <br /> <br />This is really a relief deputy. The goal is to help provide better visibility in the <br />communities by increasing staffing levels. This is in response to concerns of the <br />communities. If you don't have back-fill for personnel, with absences, etc., you lack <br />visibility. <br /> <br />Note: City of Arden Hills FTE count would increase by .079556243 if the relief deputy <br />is included in the 2008 budget, to begin July 1, 2008. This translates to a cost of <br />approximately $4,529. (If it was a full-year, the Arden Hills share ofthe cost would be <br />approximately $9,059. <br /> <br />At a Work Session with RCSD, Councilmember Holden had raised a question regarding <br />worker's compensation absences. Below is Undersheriff Alterndorfer 's response to that inquiry: <br /> <br />"Regarding Workers' Compensation and staffing, that is a case-by-case basis, depending on the <br />injury and if it looks like the employee will return back to work in a short period oftime. <br /> <br />Some of our extended absences have been due to non-work related injuries. We still need to be <br />covered on the schedule, sometimes with overtime. Employees use sick time, so no workers' <br />compensation is involved. <br /> <br />When injured on duty, employees have to submit a claim for that injury. While out of work they <br />typically use sick leave until the claims gets accepted. In some cases the claim is denied. The <br />employee is still out sick on the schedule. They then have to take court action to advance their <br />claim. We fill their absence on the schedule with overtime if needed. We have a relief factor <br />built into our staffing but come up short if the injury ends up being extended due to <br />rehabilitation, or testing for fitness for duty examinations. <br />