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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION <br />October 10, 2016 <br />91 Council Member Rafferty also discussed resale value. Mayor Reinert remarked that he <br />92 has questioned the need to have vehicles for each of the district chiefs plus an extra car. <br />93 Council Member Manthey suggested that the reason for those cars seem to be for <br />94 response to calls; in his experience, district chiefs did not have a take home vehicle. <br />95 Deputy Director McCarthy explained the reason to provide a district chief with a take <br />96 home vehicle — to respond quickly to emergency calls. <br />97 <br />98 Mayor Reinert stated that the council will have further discussion of some of these topics <br />99 at the November work session; there will be budget topics as well. <br />100 <br />lol 5. Elimination of Lino Lakes Participation in DEA Task Force — Director Swenson <br />102 reviewed the written report. <br />103 <br />104 Mayor Reinert said he requested that this matter be included on the agenda. The city has <br />105 been involved in the program for five years. He thinks it is excessive to have this officer <br />106 involvement especially for a city this size. It was a three-year commitment and the city <br />107 has been in it for five. He suggests that the city has done its fair share and it's time to let <br />lob another city take over. It doesn't pay for itself. Council Member Manthey noted the <br />109 funds that come back in forfeiture and he wonders how much that makes up for costs. <br />110 Mayor Reinert acknowledged those funds but he still feels it is time to end the city's <br />111 participation. Council Member Maher remarked that her hesitance would relate to crime <br />112 being on the rise and how this program helps in crime reduction. Mayor Reinert <br />113 suggested that all cities benefit from this program and so the city would still receive that <br />114 benefit without supporting an officer. Director Swenson explained that any Lino Lakes' <br />115 work related to narcotics is given to this officer who can then leverage the resources of <br />116 the whole task force for that work; that is what would be lost to the city. Further <br />117 discussion on the matter will occur as part of 2017 budget considerations. <br />118 <br />119 Council Member Rafferty noted information he received from staff that shows what other <br />120 departments of similar sized cities have for sworn staff. He'd like to extend that report <br />121 because he finds that type of information helpful. <br />122 <br />123 Mayor Reinert noted that you can use a baseline of three officers at all shifts during 24 <br />124 hours — that is 12.6. Level of service is an important discussion that the council will <br />125 continue. The city does have the best public safety department around and that should be <br />126 kept but discussions about cost will continue. <br />127 <br />128 The meeting was adjourned at 10:35 p.m. <br />129 <br />130 These minutes were considered, corrected and approved at the <br />131 October 24, 2016. <br />132 r , -- 11 <br />134 <br />135 <br />Bartell, City <br />Jeff <br />Mayor <br />held on <br />3 <br />