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<br />691 Police and Fire Department Staffing
<br />692 With the use of the franchise fees as described above and based on therequests of the Fire and
<br />693 Police Departments, I have created a couple of scenarios that review what the costs would be to
<br />694 implement their staffing plans as presented. In both the Fire and Police Department cases, the
<br />695 City is looking for grant funds to offset the immediate tax levy impact to their requests. The Fire
<br />696 Department has requested $7.04 millionfrom FEMA for a SAFER grant. If received, it would be
<br />697 a 3-year grant, with a city cost-share of 25% in the first two years and 65% in the third year. The
<br />698 Police Department requested a federal COPS grant in the amount of $375,000 to assist funding for
<br />699 the additional four police officers as part of their request. The COPS grant would be for 3 years
<br />700 and pay $166,000 towards the costs of a police officer each year.We don’t expect to receive
<br />701 notice on grant awards until after September. As a result, if the Council would like to have the
<br />702 public safety positions included in the 2026 budget, the full costs of those positionswill need to be
<br />703 factored in as the grant status will be unknown at the time of the preliminary budget and levy
<br />704 approval on September 22.
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<br />City Cost
<br />2026 Police and Fire City Cost without
<br />Staffing CostsTotal CostGrant Amountwith GrantsGrants
<br />FD Staffing *$ 708,115 $ 531,087 $ 177,029$ 708,115
<br />PD Staffing $ 1,003,000$ 167,000 $ 836,000$ 1,003,000
<br />Total$ 1,711,115$ 698,087 $ 1,013,029 $ 1,711,115
<br />706
<br />707 *September 2026 start date
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<br />709 Levy Scenarios
<br />710 For City Council consideration, below is a table showing different scenarios of what the tax levy
<br />711 increase would be if public safety staffing and franchise fees were implemented. I present these
<br />712 only for informational purposes at this time. As you know, a final decision will need to be made
<br />713 at the September 22 City Council meeting, when a not to exceed preliminary tax levy must be
<br />714 adopted. Unfortunately, we will most likely not know whether the City will be receiving the
<br />715 SAFER and COPS grant until after the not-to-exceed preliminary tax levy is adopted, so the City
<br />716 Council may need to consider a higher levy (Scenario 4) if you would like to include the public
<br />717 safety staffing requests in the 2026 budget.
<br />Base Budget Scenario 1Scenario 2Scenario 3Scenario 4
<br />Total Proposed Levy Amount $ 33,135,726$ 34,148,755$ 34,846,841$ 33,162,755$ 33,860,841
<br />Proposed Levy Increase ($)$ 2,418,267$ 3,431,296$ 4,129,382$ 2,445,296$ 3,143,382
<br />Proposed Levy Increase (%)7.87%11.17%13.44%7.96%10.23%
<br />Adds 7 PD positions Adds 7 PD positions Adds 7 PD positions Adds 7 PD positions
<br />($836,000 with COPS ($1,003,000 with NO ($836,000 with COPS ($1,003,000) with NO
<br />grant), and 15 FD COPS grant), and 15 grant), and 15 FD COPS grant), and 15
<br />positions ($177,029, FD positions positions ($177,029, FD positions
<br />with September 2026 ($708,115, with with September 2026 ($708,115, with
<br />start and SAFER September 2026 start start and SAFER September 2026 start
<br />Note 1grant)and NO SAFER grant)grant)and NO SAFER grant)
<br />Creation of Franchise Creation of Franchise
<br />Fees allows $986,000 Fees allows $986,000
<br />of tax levy currently of tax levy currently
<br />going to capital funds going to capital funds
<br />to be repurposed to to be repurposed to
<br />operational budgetoperational budget
<br />Note 2
<br />No additional No additional funding for City's
<br />funding for City's funding for City's capital funds. Creation of Franchise Creation of Franchise
<br />capital funds. Adding capital funds. Adding Adding $1.12 million Fees results in an Fees results in an
<br />$1.12 million of new $1.12 million of new of new levy for capital additional $1,120,000 additional $1,120,000
<br />levy for capital funds levy for capital funds funds will result in invested annually invested annually
<br />will result in levy will result in levy levy incease of into the City's capital into the City's capital
<br />Note 3incease of 11.52%incease of 14.82%17.09%fundsfunds
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