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Memo <br />To: Kurt Ulrich, City Administrator <br />From: Colleen Lasher, Human Resources Representative <br />City of Ramsey <br />Date: January 9, 2012 <br />Re: Study of Surrounding Cities and Staffing <br />Cc: Heidi Nelson, Deputy City Administrator /Director of Community Development <br />After a review of our neighboring cities and cities of similar size it is clear the city of Ramsey is operating very lean. This <br />is demonstrated through a comparison to similarly situated cities' annual general fund budget and the number of <br />regular fulltime equivalent employees on staff. <br />The attached chart shows data collected from cities ranging in population from 17,290 to 31,298; general fund budgets <br />ranging from $6,566,699 to $16,402,573 and FTEs ranging from 54.0 to 2413 with the most comparable cities' (based on <br />population) FTEs ranging from 71 (Ramsey) to 125/126 (Elk River, Chaska and Golden valley). See attached chart for <br />more details. • <br />Of particular interest is the following comparison of Ramsey's upper level staffing to our bordering cities, including <br />Andover, Anoka, Champlin, and Elk River, as follows. <br />City Administrator (5 Department Heads 4 Management Employees) <br />(Ratio of Management/DH employees to total employee count: 14.1%) <br />Key <br />City of Ramsey <br />• Deputy City Administrator /Director of Community Development <br />▪ Economic Development /Marketing Manager <br />• IT Manager <br />• Finance Director <br />• Fire Chief <br />• Police Chief <br />• Police Captain <br />• Public Works Director/ Principal City Engineer <br />• City Engineer <br />• Director/Department Head <br />Manager <br />• Assistant <br />