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MEMORANDUM <br />To:St. Anthony Village City Council <br />From:Charlie Yunker, City Manager and Jeff Spiess, Police Chief <br />Date:September 24, 2024 City Council Work Session <br />Request:Potential Renewal of Police Partnership with the City of Falcon Heights <br />BACKGROUND <br />At its regular meeting on April 23, 2024 the City Council approved continuing the exploratory process of a <br />renewed police service partnership with the City of Falcon Heights. This moves the process into Phase 3 where a <br />final decision is made based upon a final contract, and agreed-upon timeframe for implementation which is <br />based on many logistical details. <br />As a part of the discussion Council noted particular items they would like to review as the process continues. <br />Those included: <br />Lessons learned from the previous relationship <br />A Police Department SWOT Analysis <br />Benefits to the City and the Police department on a renewed partnership <br />Appropriately sharing/mitigating risk <br />Financial plan that would not increase the Saint Anthony tax levy from a renewed partnership <br />A staffing plan and timeline to support expansion of the department when hiring is very challenging <br />At the City Council’s Work Session on May 28, 2024 the Council reviewed the three primary lessons learned from <br />the previous relationship, a Police Department SWOT analysis that included benefits to the City and the Police <br />Department, and the staffing plan for fulfilling a contract for service and the approach to expansion of the Police <br />Department in a very challenging hiring market. <br />At the City Council’s Work Session on July 23, 2024 the Council reviewed a draft contract that integrated the <br />comments and concerns from both the City Council as well as the community during feedback sessions. The City <br />of Falcon Heights City Council also reviewed and offered comments, and staff has integrated those thoughts into <br />the attached draft contract for further review. <br />Staff has also updated future contract price numbers based on how 2025 budget process to reflect the updated <br />personnel and equipment costs that are more in focus now for 2025. <br />Also, the Police Department has been working through enhancing recruitment efforts and exploring additional <br />strategies to further those efforts. <br />UPDATE ON THE EXPLORATORY PROCESS <br />Staff has continued to work through the exploratory process and is offering an update on the following areas: <br />Decision timeline <br />Staffing plan <br />Financial plan <br />Draft contract revisions