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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 23,2015 Page 6 Mr. Hromatka advised that the NYFS Board, on which Mayor Roe serves, have considered that they need to increase their fundraising efforts, growing the list of donors, differences in contracts and grants, and other ways to become vibrant and vital in the future. Mr. Hromatka provided a list of NYFS partnerships of communities, school districts, collabora- tions, faith communities and businesses. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Hromatka noted the need and desire to fit the senior population (e.g. senior chore program) in with the youth mission of NYFS. Mayor Roe announced upcoming fundraisers, including the Mayors Golf Chal- lenge as the fifteen mayors solicited sponsors to financially support the event, as well as the NYFS 2015 Leadership Luncheon featuring speaker Dr. Edward Eh- linger, Minnesota Commissioner of Health, speaking on "Advancing Health Equi- ty—The Central Challenge for MN." 12. Public Hearings 13. Budget Items 14. Business Items (Action Items) a. Approve Change in Job Description of Community Service Officer within the Police Department Police Chief Rick Mathwig and Community Relations Coordinator Corey Yunke summarized updates made on the requested Community Service Officer (CSO) job description since the previous presentation and changes to the depailment that included an unexpected recent retirement. Chief Mathwig noted that this provid- ed additional funding from the patrol division that could be used to help fund this position, requiring no additional tax levy money for 2015, nor in 2016 with use of existing budgeted monies and changes in the job description. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Chief Mathwig advised that a De- partment is currently in the hiring process to fill a position vacated by the retire- ment, but that the previous employee retired at a sergeant at a higher salary than a replacement officer starting at a lower salary, anticipated to be hired in August. Chief Mathwig noted that 2016 funding projections for the position and depart- ment were still pending and had not yet been presented to the City Manager. Councilmember Etten expressed appreciation of the changes to the original plan made by staff, opining that they were excellent improvements in response to pre- vious discussions and would serve the City well going forward. Councilmember Etten encouraged Chief Mathwig to keep Mr. Yunke as the key lead component for community outreach with part-time staff as the primary community connec-