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FEB-01-1996 11:36 FROM FALCON HEIGHTS CITY TO SA CITY HALL P.02 /7 • City of Falcon Heights Memorandum D*TE: 1 Fe ruary 1996 TO: Mike Mornson, City Manager, City of St. Anthony FROM: Susan Hoyt, City Administrator Proposed changes in the police contract 5e attached draft language.is intended to create an on-going agreement for police $*Vices with an a rtuai (or could be a biennial) option for either city to terminate thi contract. The draft language is only suggested to give-you something to work, fr®m. if your cou cil is open to considering the concept, we can further articulate the language over the coming months including the proposed deadlines for budgets an notification of termination of the agreement in a timely: way. i Hqwever, before you review:the language with your council, it is important that I cohnmunicate why I believe it is in both cities' interest to have this as an on-going agreement with th option to terminate. Here goes... • 1 . t Evidence of omn:tment. Police service is a critical public safety service. No city can operate without having police ready to respond to calls 24 hours a day 365 days a year. As we've often discussed, an effective police department r eeds to fit the needs of the cities it serves and the cities must be committed to working out police issues over time.: Once a good relationship between the cities is underway, it is important to keep the relationship going and to plan together to maintan it as long as.its serves both cities well. Both the St. nthony city council and the. Falcon Heights city council took alot of time nd did alot of analysis prior to deciding to contract with the other city for this siervice. The Falcon Heights city council spent eight months determining the type of police service that it wanted to provide its citizens. i k ow that the St. Anthony city council carefully reVlov6ed tHh benefits oft is arrangement before submitting a proposal and signing the agreement. Demonstrating a continued commitment to this police arrangement is important. For example, the on-going nature of the relationship May provide for some mom shared expenditures. I know that the Falcon Heights city council woulc consider directly purchasing some of the smalW equipment (e.g. cell pho les, pagers, office improvements in FH city hall) that is required for policing F ilcon Heights because the council sees this as an on-going arrangement. An on-going agreement with a termination clause creates a