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<br /> <br />ervi{{e <br /> <br />Date: <br /> <br />July 29, 2003 <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />Honorable City Council Members <br />Administrator Kim Moore-Sykes <br /> <br />From: <br /> <br />Finance Director Ellen Paulseth <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Police Study <br /> <br />As requested, I have compiled financial information regarding city police budgets. <br />Attached you will find the following reports: <br /> <br />Comparison of Public Safety Expenditures Population of Cities 2.500 to 5.000 <br /> <br />This report was compiled using the latest infurmation available from the State Auditor's <br />Office, which is fiscal year 2001. The cost of police protection for Centerville in the year <br />2001 was about 89"10 of the average for cities in the population group. This includes <br />several cities that have county contracts and would not be good comparisons. Using only <br />the cities that have established police departments, which would exclude the cities of <br />Afton, Greenfield, Norwood Young America, Rockford, Victoria, and Watertown, the <br />cost would be about 69% of the average. <br /> <br />Police Department Study of Selected Cities <br /> <br />This survey contains a sampling of cites in the population group. I did not have time to <br />contact all cities in the group. The information was obtained from the police chief of the <br />city in question, with the exception of the crime statistics, which were obtained from the <br />Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA). In cases where there was no police chief (i.e. , <br />contract with county), the information was obtained from the finance director or city <br />clerk of the city. The annual budget amounts are from the year 2002. The contracts are <br />all current year amounts. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />