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Office of: JOEL R. HANSON, Administrator 515 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117 612 -484 -2177 FAX: 612 - 484-4538 CITY OF LITTLE CANADA RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor Fahey and Members of the City Council FROM: Joel Hanson, City Administrator DATE: August 3, 1990 RE: 1991 Sheriff's Contract MAYOR Michael Fahey COUNCIL Beverly Scalze Bill Blazoner Rick Collova Jim LaValle Based on our most recent Contract Cities' Liaison meeting, it appears that the City of Little Canada can expect our 1991 Sheriff's contract to be in the range of $425,000 to $455,000. In 1990, we will be spending $375,000 for police coverage. The difference between these amounts represent increased costs associated with providing police coverage and the potential formula change that has previously been discussed with the Council. This formula change negatively impacts us due to a higher weighting on the number of events investigated and also by the change from area to mileage. The utilization of this contract is far from finalized. Not only is there not a consensus among the members of the liaison committee, but there will also be concerns in adoption by each city's elective body. Other factors affecting the increased cost in the Sheriff's contract relate to the addition of a third lieutenant, and a crime prevention officer budgeted for one half of the year. It should be noted that in the lieutenant's case, the contract cities pay only 41.71% of this amount due to utilization in areas outside of the contract cities. The crime prevention officer's cost is split between the eight contract cities at 100% of cost. As instructed by the Council, I did vote against the addition of these two positions due to cost constraints. However, I was in the minority in this position. To further discuss the contracting situation as well as ways in which the City of Little Canada can control its police costs, I have asked Commander Jerry Bergeron to attend Wednesday's Council meeting. He will discuss potential changes in service delivery which could affect the number of events charged to the City of Little Canada. One option in this regard would relate to citizen assists. Commander Bergeron can define what a citizen assist is and the Council can consider any changes regarding a service level provided which could impact our cost under the formula. To address this matter, I have attached a short survey we have done utilizing monthly Sheriff's reports showing responses to alarms and citizen assists. Based on this information and Commander Bergeron's comments, the Council may want to evaluate the services we presently provide. JRH:kpv Page 42 seta;, to