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PC CASE # ~ CONSIDER ADDITION OF PATROL/ADMINISTRATIVE SERGEANT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT By: Jim Way, Chief of Police Background: Sergeant Jeff Katers became the manager of the Anoka County Central Records system in March of 2009. For his services, the City receives $50,000 annually or $4166.66 per month. Sgt. Katers will be spending approximately half of his time working on the records system. Staff developed a plan to reassign some of the duties that were being be performed by Sgt Katers to the three patrol Sergeants, two investigators, the Captain and the Chief. Some of these duties included managing the schedule, case management, payroll/time sheets, investigation of cases, signing complaints and officer complaints. By reassigning the duties we did increase the work load for the other staff. After three months of Sgt. Katers overseeing the system, we have found that staff is having a difficult time managing the additional duties assigned to them that had previously been done by Sgt.Katers. Many of the duties need to be performed during traditional daytime, Monday thru Friday hours and this was not able to be accomplished when the duties were reassigned. Staff is proposing promoting an existing officer to Sergeant that would spend half of his/her time performing duties that Sgt. Katers can no longer do and half time as a patrol Sergeant. Some of the duties would include managing the schedule, payroll/timesheets, fleet management and providing supervision to the Community Service Officer and the Crime Prevention Specialist. The department would not "backfill" the patrol position to add a sergeant. Adjustments would be made to the schedule to accommodate the loss of an equivalent to a half time position on patrol. The position will also be "uninformed", allowing this sergeant to respond to calls if needed. The decrease in coverage will be minimal. Funding: The City of Ramsey receives $50,000 annually for Sgt Katers. Staff proposes a portion of this money be used to cover the additional wage cost of sergeant wages over patrol wages. The difference in wages between a patrol officer at the high end ofthe wage scale and the .sergeant wage would be approximately $3,635 for 2010. This dollar amount represents a patrol officer at the top of the scale and could be less depending on who is selected. The amount for 2009 would be pro-rated based on the number of months remaining when the selection is made. Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends the Police Department conduct a process to promote a patrol officer to sergeant. Personnel Committee Action: Based upon discussion. C: \Documents and Settingslgkone\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.OutlookIUTRVOJV JlAdditonal Sgt (2).docx- _07/08/09