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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION JUNE 23, 1999 <br />Mayor Sullivan reconvened the meeting at 7:50 p.m. <br />It was the consensus of Council to approve the sale of the property for $60,000 plus the <br />cost of assessments. <br />This item will appear on the agenda for the regular Council meeting on Monday evening. <br />Ms. Donna Carlson, Planning and Zoning Board, requested a written recommendation <br />from staff regarding this project. <br />CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTING GRANT OFFICERS, STEVE <br />MORTENSON <br />On February 17, 1999, Council was asked to accept the Community Oriented Policing <br />grant funds in the amount of $150,000. The grant would be funded over a period of three <br />(3) years, 1999 through 2001, and would be used to hire two (2) police officers. At that <br />same meeting, Council directed the Police Department to submit a h F�� •placation, <br />which would pay the entire salary of the (2) officers for the to h a ,t) year <br />grant. The Department of Justice has denied the hardship <br />The Police Department is requesting that Coun <br />officers through this program. The salarie w <br />the grant has been used. The cost w <br />ra nds and hire two (2) <br />an by the regular budget after <br />ely $65,000 per year per officer. <br />A formula used to calcul. user Of "'cers needed in the Police Department has <br />indicated the need for e •n the street. The City currently has 11 Police Officers <br />on patrol. Base., the �: pop ation, the City has one officer per 1,368 residents. <br />The FBI recomm 1 •fficers per 1,000 people. The City Department currently <br />has is authoriced a:Q° a a total of 19 sworn officers which includes the Police Chief <br />three (3) Sergean .", DARE Officer, School Liaison, and an Investigator. Only 11 or 12 <br />officers are assigned to full -time patrol. <br />Council expressed concern because additional staff is needed in other departments as well <br />and requested that the impact of community policing be measured. <br />Council directed staff to prepare the overall staff projections for the next work session. <br />Information regarding the maintenance or improvement of the level of police coverage as <br />the population increases was also requested. Staff was also asked to provide information <br />regarding the ratio of Police Officers to population and to investigate the possibility of <br />joint policing. <br />This item was removed from the June 28th agenda. It will be discussed further at the next <br />Council work session. <br />4 <br />