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Special City Council Meeting Monday,June 1,2015 Page 7 lined in the strategic planning exercise as he prepared his City Manager-recommended budget intended for presentation in July of 2015 for further discussion and refinement. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the budget process and next steps over the next few months, re- ceipt of their reaction and comments by the City Council at their June 15 workshop; op- portunities for public feedback throughout that process; and involvement of the Finance Commission in the process before preliminary levy and budget adoption in September and a Final Budget and Levy adoptedby December 8, 2015. a. Police Department Budget Presentation Chief Rick Mathwig, Police Services Manager Sarah Mahmud and Community Relations Coordinator Corey Yunke were present for the presentation. As noted in his report, Chief Mathwig advised that ongoing pressures on the staff continued to stretch the necessary focus of the department. However, Chief Mathwig advised that he was proposing basically a status quo budget for 2016, with the exception of one additional officer position with the specific focus on mental health, elder abuse and fraud cases. Chief Mathwig noted the successful investigation and conviction rate, in cooperation with the Ramsey County and City Attorneys in bridging the gap for families of domestic abuse, above and be- yond many other jurisdictions. Chief Mathwig noted the continued challenges as- sociated with densely populated multi-family apartment complexes within the community as well. Councilmember McGehee asked if the intent for this preliminarily entitled new office position of "Community Impact Officer" was intended as a combination social worker and sworn police officer was the intent. Chief Mathwig responded that in a sense, this was accurate; however, he envi- sioned an officer in uniform versus plain clothes, based on their ability to facili- tate the process and care of individuals needing such a presence and visible au- thority. Chief Mathwig reported that in the first eighteen days of May, the Roseville Po- lice Department had responded to twenty-nine calls for service from residents in assisted living facilities who were in need of additional care within a particular multi-level care facility in the community. Chief Mathwig provided examples of other situations in some of the more than fifty foster and/or group homes in the community in addressing the needs of those individuals. Chief Mathwig reviewed some of the other expectations of this new position in bridging the gap between government services and insurance, utilizing the Police Department as the first on arrival at a scene in multiple locations and reactions of various people responding. Chief Mathwig anticipated one person focusing on these issues would prove more effective.