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I I I I I I I I I I I I I '1 I I ,I I PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA The Ramsey Personnel Committee conducted a regular meeting on Tuesday, February 13,2001, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Mayor Thomas Gamec Councilmember Susan E. Anderson Councilmember Terry Hendriksen Councilmember Patti Kurak Councilmember Gerald Zimmerman Also Present: Human Resources Manger Rhonda Heryla City Administrator James E. Norman Police Chief David Gustafson CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Anderson called the regular meeting of the Personnel Committee to order at 5:35 p.m'. CITIZEN INPUT None. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Case #1: Consider Code Enforcement Duties for Community Service Officer Human Resources Manager Heryla stated that on December 12, 2000, the City Council authorized staff to begin recruitment for a part-time Community Service Officer to serve in the Police Department. Staff requested Community Service Officer job descriptions and postings from other municipalities to utilize in preparing the City of Ramsey's job description. Based on those materials from other cities and in consideration of needs expressed by the Community Development Department, staff recommended code enforcement activities (including junk cars, parking, burning, or trash violations) be a portion of the Community Service Officer's duties. There are a couple of factors staff considered in making the recommendation to include code enforcement as a part of the Community Service Officer's job description. Code ~nforcement is included as a job responsibility of Community Service Officers in other municipalities. Eight of the fifteen cities who responded to the request for Community Service Officer job descriptions included code enforcement in the position description. As a part of their job, these Community Personnel Committee/February 13, 2001 Page 1 of 4 -70-