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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 11, 2016 DRAFT 3 Member Rafferty suggested that staff include pictures/visual information as discussion 91 about those type of improvements continue. 92 93 Mayor Reinert asked about the Public Safety Department item on Travel/Tuition. 94 Director Swenson noted the billing system for Century College (for training firefighters). 95 The mayor suggested that those costs are for training new people only but Director 96 Swenson explained that there is in-house ongoing training but there are additional levels 97 of training that is occurring. Mayor Reinert noted a 33 percent increase in that line item 98 for 2017 and Director Swenson explained the budget in more detail. The mayor 99 suggested that the line item be broken into education and travel as two separate items. 100 He also noted that the budget for uniforms is doubling? Director Swenson suggested that 101 some of this stems from last year’s action of moving some funds to contingency. There 102 was a discussion about turn out gear – when someone leaves, it isn’t normally useful to 103 the next person because of the personal nature/size. Council Member Manthey recalled 104 his experience with the Centennial Fire District; he received his formal gear after one year 105 of training. Director Swenson explained the borrowing of equipment through training 106 and the need to provide formal gear upon completion of training. 107 108 Mayor Reinert asked, in 2014 how many sworn officers did the city employ? Director 109 Swenson said 25. Mayor Reinert said there are now 27 but revenue offsets one of those 110 positions. With that said, Mayor Reinert said he sees an increase of $650,000 in 111 personnel costs (that would be minus $110,000 for the revenue position). Director 112 Swenson explained that there are negotiated salary, benefits and 85% of the 113 Administrative Assistant, as well as addition of one part-time CSO tied to ACE revenues. 114 Mayor Reinert indicated he would still have questions about that line item. Council 115 Member Kusterman observed, regarding the comparison of 2014 to 2016, that the COLA 116 increases represent a substantial amount, and to that you would add market rate increases 117 as well as additional stipends for cross training. In that light, he isn’t as concerned about 118 the figures presented. 119 120 Mayor Reinert urged the council to spend some time reviewing the budget before the next 121 discussion. 122 123 The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. 124 125 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the regular Council meeting held on 126 July 25, 2016. 127 128 129 130 131 Julianne Bartell, City Clerk Jeff Reinert, Mayor 132 133