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Agenda Item #5 ONE VISION. ONE MISSION. LINO LAKES PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT. The information below was provided to Council on September 21, 2016, as requested by Mayor Reinert. Question: What percentage of police overtime incurred is billed out? Answer: The City of Lino Lakes Police Division incurs overtime expenses for a variety of reasons. In 2015 a total of 1,996 hours of police overtime were incurred, of which 1,318 hours, or 66%, were reimbursed at an average hourly overtime rate of $52.37. Of the 1,669 hours of police overtime incurred thru September 20, 2016, 1,009 hours, or 60%, were reimbursed at an average hourly overtime rate of $54.00. The City of Lino Lakes Police Division receives overtime reimbursement from the following entities: Eagle Brook Church, Towards Zero Death (TZD) Traffic Safety Initiative, the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). It should be noted that the City of Lino Lakes also receives reimbursement for fringe benefits from each of these entities in addition to the average hourly overtime rate noted above. Question: Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Task Force Assigned Officer – What is the 2017 cost of the DEA assigned officer? What is the annual reimbursement the City receives from the DEA for this position? What is the amount of forfeiture funds received associated this program? Answer: In 2017, the cost (salary plus fringe benefits) of the DEA Task Force assigned officer is $108,377. The City of Lino Lakes is currently eligible to receive $17,753 in reimbursement from the DEA for overtime expenses incurred by the officer assigned to the DEA Task Force. Please see the attached October 10, 2011 Staff Report regarding the assignment of a Lino Lakes Police Officer to the DEA Task Force. The main focus of the police department’s participation in the DEA Task Force is to curb the flow of illegal narcotics; this focus coupled with professional investigative work has the potential of producing the forfeiture funds. Since the assignment of the officer to the DEA Task Force in 2011, the City of Lino Lakes has received $140,363.05 in Federal Narcotic Forfeiture Funds stemming from the assignment of an officer to the DEA Task Force. The funds received must be utilized for Law Enforcement uses as defined by the U.S. Department of Justice Equitable Sharing Guidelines. To date, the City of Lino Lakes Police Division has expended $119,638.78 of the Federal Forfeiture Funds received for law enforcement uses. As of September 21, 2016 the cash balance in the Federal Narcotics Forfeiture Fund is $29,717.73. This balance reflects other miscellaneous revenues, including interest income and asset disposition receipts of $8,993.46.