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$5,500. Assuming all of the positions are at their top pay scale converting one existing patrol officer to a sergeant position would result in a net increase of up to approximately $8,000/ annually to the salary budget of the police department. (The difference would be less for the first several years while the new sergeant moves through the step system.) This can be funded from our current budget without an increase by transferring some funding into the Mounds View Police Department that had been used in the past to subsidize the New Brighton Police Department. In the past, we have subsidized the New Brighton Police Department to help fund a school recourse officer they have assigned to Irondale High School. This funding is paid in the fall of the year. This funding has been listed for the 2005 budget. I suggest reducing this amount this year by the amount necessary to fund the Mounds View Police Sergeant position, and reducing the funding in future years (or eliminating it) to fund the Sergeant position. The City of New Brighton Police department has six patrol Sergeants, and recently built a $10,000,000 Police Station, and has funding available to provide more services and police staff support positions than the City of Mounds View can. It is imprudent to continue this subsidy to New Brighton at a time when the necessary funding to meet our department needs is limited. In light of the current financial situation in Mounds View, and the first line supervisory deficiency currently on the Mounds View Police Department, it makes good financial sense to divert the budgeted money to fund our own department needs. Staff request council approval to proceed with converting one patrol officer position to a sergeant position using approved Police Civil Service rules. Respectfully submitted, Mike Sommer, Chief of Police