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<br />Item No: 9H <br />Meeting Date: 6-28-04 <br />Type of Business: CA <br />Administrator Review : ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Chief of Police Mike Sommer <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution approving intent to eliminate the partial <br />funding of a New Brighton Police Officer at Irondale <br />High School <br />Introduction: <br /> <br />Past Budgets have given us the financial ability to fund 20% of the cost of one New <br />Brighton Police Officer assigned to the position of School Resource Officer at Irondale <br />High School. The contract to continue this funding is up for review. The cost to continue <br />to partially fund this position would be approximately $12,000 for the 2004-2005 school <br />year. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Staff has been given direction to reduce discretionary spending for upcoming budgets. <br />Under this directive, and the current financial climate, it would be difficult to justify the <br />practice of partially funding a New Brighton Police Officer position assigned to duties <br />within the City of New Brighton. <br /> <br />Facing similar budget restraints, the Mounds View School District has acted to eliminate <br />the partial funding of he Mounds View Police Officer assigned to D.A.R.E. instruction at <br />Pinewood Elementary School. This represents a revenue loss to the police department <br />of approximately $4000 for the 2004-2005 School year. The D.A.R.E program at <br />Pinewood is popular and strongly supported by our community. The Police Department <br />is committed to continue the program at Pinewood, even though the school district can no <br />longer afford to subsidize the police department for the program. <br /> <br />Facing both state budget shortfalls to the City of Mounds View, and also a loss of <br />revenue from the School district, it would not be fiscally practical to continue the practice <br />of partial funding of the New Brighton Police Officer Position. <br /> <br />Recommendation: <br /> <br />Staff recommends the City of Mounds View discontinue the practice of providing partial <br />funding of the New Brighton Police Officer Position at Irondale High School, and renewal <br />of the contract to do so for the 2004-2005 school year be declined. <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />________________________ <br />Mike Sommer, Chief of Police