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Attachment 1 250 Police Department – New Lieutenant/Commander position 251 Over the past five years, there have been significant changes in policing. These dynamics have 252 collectively strained the Police Department’s leadership capacity, and it has proven to be difficult 253 to manage the workload consistently and effectively. The number of leadership positions in the 254 Police Department is below our peer communities, particularly for a city of our size and 255 complexity. I and the Police Chief are proposing that another leadership position in the Police 256 Department be created as part of the 2025 budget. (Similar requests were made as part of the 257 2023 and 2024 budgets). The new leadership position would oversee professional standards 258 (implementation of new legislative standards and training) and administrative functions 259 (compliance and reporting and recruitment and retention of police officers). I am also requesting 260 that the positions of Lieutenants be changed to Commander positions. The change in title will not 261 have any direct budgetary impact but will better reflect their duties and industry norms in policing. 262 Additional information about the position and the need for it is included as an attachment to this 263 memo from the Police Chief. 264 265 Impact to tax levy in 2025: An increase of $87,430 in wages and benefits for 0.5 FTE (The other 266 0.5 FTE position in the amount of $87,430 will be paid for by Public Safety Aid funds) 267 Increase in Full-Time Equivalent staff (FTE): 1.0 FTE 268 269 Police Department – 2 Mental Health Coordinators 270 Currently, the Police Department have three Social Worker/Mental Health positions. Two are 271 Ramsey County employees, with one position fully funded by Ramsey County and the second 272 position funded by the City’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation. The use of Ramsey 273 County social workers ends in January 2025. The third position, a Peoples Inc social worker is 274 jointly funded by People’s Inc. and the City, using ARPA funds. This position is funded through 275 the end of March 2025. The presence of embedded social workers has proven to be very beneficial 276 to the community and provides for critical support to individuals experiencing mental health crisis 277 and their families. 278 279 For the 2025 budget, due to the expiring contracts, the Police Chief and I are proposing to have 2 280 mental health coordinatorsemployed by the City instead of utilizing Ramsey County and Peoples 281 Inc. employee. They will be embedded within the Police Department and continue the work that 282 the current social workers have provided the community. While these positions will eventually 283 need to be funded by City levy dollars, I am proposing to fund these positions through a 284 combination of Public Safety Aid, Opioid settlement dollars, and the small amount of remaining 285 ARPA dollars. It should be noted that the Police Department is currently finalizing submitting 286 grant application to receive state funds to pay for one of the Mental Health Coordinator positions. 287 As that is not certain at this time, for budget purposes we are showing that these positions will be 288 funded through the combination of funds described below. 289 290 Mental Health Coordinator (2) 291 Cost: $128,928 per position for full year 292 Total Cost in 2025: $257, 856 293 Funding Sources: Public Safety Aid, Opioid Settlement Funds, ARPA Funds. (Potential uses of 294 these sources may be offset with award of grant funds from the State of Minnesota). 295 10 Qbhf!234!pg!417