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<br />. <br /> <br />~vR.:; ., <br /> <br />February 3, 2002 <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />,tov~~~ ~ <br />~~~~~1r~ <br />,. ~~'\ ~ <br />Council ,. {"f" <br />City Administrator /' <br /> <br />- -\0 . \-<.V <br />~~ ~ SWv-t~ <br />~R/.lp~ . <br />~Ii~ j<<A' <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />From: Tim Swedberg, Mayor <br /> <br />RE: Police Priorities <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes, please place on the next Council Agenda; Centennial Police <br />Department. <br /> <br />I want to remind Members and Ms. Moore-Sykes that the Police Commission asked <br />each City for priorities in the year 2002. Please be prepared to offer your views at the <br />next Council meeting and I will share those with the Police Commission and Chief. <br /> <br />My priority is street coverage. We have given the Department additional personnel and <br />I hope this translates into better coverage and less overtime hours. If I had a second <br />priority, it would be cost containment. I see the 2003 budget as very difficult given levy <br />limits. <br /> <br />Background <br />At the last Council meeting, Don Anderson (former Police Commission Member from <br />Lexington and new Centerville resident) and I tried to give a verbal report of issues <br />before the Police Commission. With this memo, I summarize the issues for your review <br />and consideration. <br /> <br />The preliminary balance sheet for the Department as of December 31,2001 shows a <br />fund equity balance of $191 ,444. I am pleased that the Police Commission has <br />reserved $140,000 of this available fund balance to pay for the sick leave and vacation <br />accrued by officers. When an officer retires or moves to another department, they will <br />be paid from this reserved fund balance. <br /> <br />Department Compensation <br />Police Commissioners Phil Korst and Bob Wright examined pay for communities of <br />similar sizes in the Metro region using Stanton Group information. Their proposal is to <br />use some of the $51,444 that is undesignated fund equity to bring the Chief and Deputy <br />Chief into a comparable salary structure with similar Metro communities. The <br />spreadsheet that they prepared is attached. <br /> <br />The CLPD 2002 budget approved by the cities of Circle Pines, Lexington, and <br />Centerville compensates the Chief at $62,675 and the Deputy Chief at $60,500. Both <br />positions are nonunion. The proposal would raise the Chief to either $69,000 or <br />$70,000 and the Deputy Chief to either $63,000 or $65,000. <br />