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Attachment H Finance Commission Minutes September 8, 2020 Î Draft Minutes Page 4 of 10 136 137 Commissioner Reif noted on page 17 of the City ManagerÓs proposed budget, he would prefer to 138 see money left in for three new Police Officers. He thought that given the recommendation came 139 from the outgoing Chief of Police and the new Chief of Police, he would think had some input in 140 that, he was inclined to go along with what their recommendation is as far as adding the new 141 Police Officers. 142 143 Commissioner Sagisser asked what the reasoning for this was. 144 145 Ms. Pietrick believed the City Manager recognizes there is a need for the officers but to reduce 146 the tax levy increase he made the decision to cut the police officers. 147 148 Commissioner Davies indicated she seemed to remember that this decision was going to be 149 deferred until there was a new Chief of Police. 150 151 Commissioner Reif explained given that the lady who became the new Chief of Police effective st 152 September 1, has been on the force for twenty-three years and he would assume that there was 153 some discussion between the outgoing Chief and the incoming Chief to agree on what was 154 appropriate as far as the proposed 2020-2021 budget. 155 156 Chair Murray asked if any analysis was done. He thought if there were fewer police officers 157 there would be more overtime. He thought the City may not be saving all that much money. 158 159 Ms. Pietrick thought the analysis was that based on the call out volume the Police Department 160 has, the department does feel the need for the additional officers but the tradeoff is there would 161 be more overtime without the added officers. 162 163 Chair Murray explained he was also told by Chief Mathwig about the Walmart situation where 164 Walmart was paying for an officer to be present, but he believed that agreement has expired, 165 which creates more need. 166 167 Commissioner Bester explained he would like to get a sense of comfort from the Police Chief 168 about this. 169 170 Chair Murray indicated he was looking at the Equity and Inclusion Manager and he was really 171 not sure what that position is supposed to do. He noted City Manager Trudgeon told him it is not 172 an Inspector General type position and from the description it does not sound like it is not that 173 much of a community outreach either. He explained he was not quite sure where that position 174 fits in. He recapped the email discussion between the City Manager and himself. He noted he 175 was not sure what this new role would be. He wanted to be cautious about adding new payroll to 176 the City without clearly defined ideas about what the roles will be because it is expensive. 177 178 Commissioner Sagisser thought according to the email Chair Murray forwarded to him about the 179 conversation, it sounds like this person is advising in efforts for equity and inclusion. 180