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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 28, 2019 Page 10 Councilmember Willmus stated with the slide with reactive calls for service at the hotels, he thought the Council needed to keep that in mind with the hotel licens- ing. Mayor Roe asked for clarification on the three examples of a percent of an officer. He asked whether the example of the full thermometer represented one officer out of the forty-eight or is that one thermometer per shift of duty. Chief Mathwig noted later in the presentation, the Council will see where it is equated. Deputy Chief Scheider went over the increased training demands of the police of- ficers. She noted some are mandated and required, which equate to 50 to 60 hours per year per officer. Mayor Roe asked if it was fair to say on the 112 hours, that the total on duty, not overtime hours, for a typical officer is around 2,000 that is used for other types of employees that work full time or is a typical officer going to be more than 2,000 hours a year of on duty time. Chief Mathwig stated his department goes by the 2,080 hours of working time. Deputy Chief Scheider reviewed how the Roseville Police Department has adapted to handle the increasing workload. Councilmember Etten stated for the decreased calls to non-emergency medicals, the Fire Department is still responding to those. Deputy Chief Scheider indicated that was correct. Councilmember Etten asked if that is helping reduce the sixty percent line be- cause officers are actually responding to fewer of those things and the City is in- creasing the Fire Department staffing to full time to respond to those type of things. Chief Mathwig stated the Department's reduction in medical responses started six to seven years ago and has been decreasing over time. The sixty percent would have included the reduction in going to some of the medicals. Mayor Roe asked in regard to adapting on the impacts to service level side, would the Police Department indicate some of those things are not unusual as it relates to other area related agencies or in the industry in general across the country. Those types of impacts to service levels are having to be made because of similar issues more broadly in the industry or even just in the area.