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City Council Joint Town Hall Meeting Minutes April 18, 2024 Page 4 1 The Input received from the St. Anthony Police Department was provided. The City of St. 2 Anthony Village engaged Chad Weinsten from Ethical Leaders in Action, Inc. to gather input. 3 The approach taken included interviewed nearly all department personnel, covering command 4 staff, patrol officers, investigations and on-sworn staff. The learning to date includes 5 Commitment to professionalism, Love of work culture, Support for and trust in police leadership, 6 and partnership must be done right. While generally open to a renewed partnership some officers 7 expressed considerable concerns to be discussed: 8 9 Relationship Concerns 10 Mutual trust needs to be established and relations need to be developed. 11 Confidence department will be supported when use of force incidents take place. 12 13 Operational Concerns 14 Cannot provide effective services before 1/1/2026. 15 Recruitment and training for new officers on top of current needs. 16 Expansion of police facility would be necessary. 17 18 The department analyzed call data and identified the following additional personnel to support 19 expansion: 20 Patrol Officers 4 additional patrol officers same as previous contract. 21 Swing Shift Patrol 2 additional officers during high call volume time. 22 Investigator 1 investigative capacity to adequately address call type needs. 23 Community Engagement Officer – 1 Sworn officer to coordinate community engagement. 24 Administrative Support – 1 additional administrative capacity similar to previous contract. 25 26 The preliminary staffing and contract approach methodology was determined by allocating costs 27 based on a 50/50 blend of population percentage and call volume percentage, applied to total 28 police costs. Numbers were rounded for clarify. 29 30 Based on draft methodology, the numbers are founded for clarity and accelerated by a 4% 31 inflation assumption: 32 Preliminary Contract Price Range in 2026 $1,650,000 - $1,800,000 33 Additional personnel, operating and equip. costs $1,400,000 - $1,500,000 34 Fixed costs and shared capital contribution $250,000 - $300,000 35 36 Mr. Yunker stated each City Council will discuss moving to the next step at their upcoming 37 regular meetings. St. Anthony Village’s next meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 38 and Falcon Heights next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. 39 40 Residents can visit the City’s website to learn more detailed information on the potential policing 41 partnership and St. Anthony Police Department’s Contract Services including Frequently Asked 42 Questions, Who to Contact with Concerns, About the SAPD, and Background on both cities. 43 Savmn.com/sapd-contract-services and falconheights.org. 44 45 Mayor Webster stated the purpose of this town hall event is to hear themes in the survey results 46 from community members and from our police officers. St. Anthony City Council members 47 6