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3 It is recommended that one additional uniformed officer be autho- rized for 1988. It is further recommended that the equivalent of 1 S CSO's be authorized for 1988. This would enable the depart- ' ment to provide additional depth to those critical shifts by the ' addition of one sworn officer, and added flexibility to reassign ' other sworn officers by the use of non-sworn personnel for admin- ' istrative type tasks or petty misdemeanors. This alternative ' would enable the department to evaluate the effectiveness of CSO's relieving sworn personnel of tasks requiring less skills over the next year. F The use of CSO's may not be sufficient to alleviate the necessary depth of coverage problem. And this problem may be further aggravated by the additional impact of new development. Given G these circumstances, the City should be prepared to add an addi- tional two to three sworn officers over the next five year period. Fire The Fire Department requested three full-time positions--one position as an Assistant Fire Marshal, and the other two to assist in implementing a new Federal law relating to hazardous materials. The first position has been requested over the past years. The position was not recommended to be filled, because it was believed that additional firefighters could be recruited to assist in the inspection activity. The hourly rate was increased as an incentive to work as a Fire Prevention Inspector. The Fire Marshal maintains the rate has proven to be inadequate. The other two positions are in response to a new Federal law requiring certain businesses to report any hazardous material they have on their site. It is not known how this requirement will impact Roseville. The impact will relate to the amount of paper work resulting from these reports, and the extent of haz- ardous material emergency planning required by the law. Because ' of the uncertainty of what is required under the law, there is no specific amount included in the Fire Prevention budget account. Whatever the requirement, as is ultimately determined, it will have to be provided from the Contingency Account. This Federal requirement, in addition to the economic development impact on fire inspection work load, will call for additional personnel in the fire prevention activity. It is projected that approximately two to three positions may be needed between now and 1994. Code Enforcement See Economic Development. Animal Control There is currently the equivalent of one full-time Animal Control position. The number of persons varies from two to three, and generally are persons preparing themselves for a career in law enforcement. In the next five year period, there may be a need for additional hours (1/4 to 1/2 position) in Animal Control.