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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION February 4, 2008 APPROVED 411 91 EAGLE BROOK LIGHTING UPDATE 92 93 Public Safety Director Pecchia noted that Police Sergeant Bill Hammes has provided the 94 council with a detailed chronology of communications related to the lighting issue at 95 Eagle Brook Church. Basically, staff will be awaiting the decision of Eagle Brook 96 Church on how they will proceed and can then discuss options with concerned parties. 97 98 POLICE ADMINSTRATIVE STAFFING STRUCTURE 99 100 Public Safety Director Pecchia was present along with Captain Kent Strege and Volunteer 101 Coordinator Karen Anderson. He reviewed the proposal before the council that would 102 involve restructuring of staff in the Police Department. With the vacancy of the Office 103 Manager position in the department, there is an opportunity to review the structure. The 104 core component of the proposal is to eliminate the Office Manager Position and enhance 105 the department's current volunteer coordinator position to a command level position 106 entitled Community Relations Coordinator. The new position would include 107 coordination and enhancement of all department volunteer activities along with 108 management of all the volunteer administrative duties. Along with the change to that 109 position, the chief is proposing to enhance one of the current clerical positions in the 110 department to lead clerical with some technical responsibilities. He is also proposing the 111 addition of two part-time community service officer (CSO) positions. The financial •112 impact of the restructuring would, in the worst case, be budget neutral. The change 113 would, however, put the department in a better position to respond effectively to the 114 anticipated service delivery and fiscal challenges that face the city in the future. There are 115 personnel already in the department qualified and interested in the new positions: Karen 116 Anderson for the Community Relations Coordinator position and Jackie Bowdich for the 117 Lead Clerical position. 118 119 Administrator Heitke added that he will be further exploring and, with the Police Chief, 120 establishing criteria to deal with any situation where he would be responsible for making 121 a Police Depaitment chain of command decision. 122 123 COMPENSATION AUDIT RFP 124 125 Director of Administration Tesch explained he is returning to the council with the one 126 RFP that was submitted for a personnel related audit. He requested that the council direct 127 staff to proceed with any elements. He is recommending audit of the employee 128 compensation system and philosophy as well as internal equity. As requested he is 129 providing information on other city administrator positions. Mr. Tesch added that, 130 although the city has filed with the state all required pay equity information, he would 131 like to get updated information in the area of internal equity to ensure that the city is on 132 the right track. 133 •134 Performance evaluation, employee compensation and pay for performance are the specific 135 areas of interest to the council. Internal equity could be included if staff recommends.