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Mayi Cour CoUr Cout CoUr MEMORANDUM ~r Jim Gilbertson teilmember Shefla Beyer ieil~ember Glen Hardin ql~ember Ken Peterson ~il~ember Gerry Zimmerman Rya~ S¢l~roeder, City Administrator 199~Per~°nal Services Budget EXHIBIT: q The following i$ my recommendation for personal services for the 1993 General. Fund Budget. i ~av~ respo,n, ded to each personal service request as detailed on the 1993 Personal ~}e~iex~s Total sheet dated 8/14/92, which is attached for reference. I have also included a cbpy~f the "Actual Expenditures on a Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Basis, dated 8/18/92. Th~. insnt of this memorandum is to review city wide staffing levels as well as to reduce the ~loeg~ion towards personal services. 1. TemDora~ clerical in Admimstmt~ve Services: Do not approve the request. See g2 below. Savings $3,533. 2. Intern in Finance: Do not approve the request. There is a vacant full-time posi"Jon t'unded in the 1992 budget created by the resignation of the Accounting Te¢}ini¢ihn. This position may need to be reclassified depending on the duties asSi~ ~ed iand be shared by Administrative Services and Finance as earlier suggested by Finai~ce Officer Sandra Ashley Helling. Savings $2,264. The >osi~ion of Accounting Technician, which is in salary grade 8 (old salary grade 2) i,~ funded for $26,278 for the full-time position. If the position were to be sharbrd W~th Finance and Administrative Services the duties may be more consistent wiil~: sahiry grade 7 (old salary grade 1.5). Further analysis would need to be made, I~ the alternative was taken to have the position split between the Finance Dep~tn~ent and Administrative Services, the savings would be $5,745, the difft;rende between the salary grade budgeted, salary grade 8, and the minimum of sala.~ gfi~de 7. If the alternative was taken to have the position be part-time, the saw[ng~ !would be $12,672. If the position was not filled the savings would be i$26i, 278. Dep#ndi.~g on the position taken with building inspection a half time allocation may req~.re ~-authorization of the current full-time position. The cost to Finance and Adt~iniStrative Services would be a net reduction; however, and would result in a lOss ~of 50% of a position from 1992. ull[t'I 3. F imO, Patrol Officer in the Police Department: Do not approve the request. Staf~3ng [evels in the police department have increased over 41% between 1989 and 199~ (28.8% for the balance of the City), when actual population in Ramsey has incrCase~l an estimated 10.8% during the same time period. The argument that the poli¢? department has always been behind in staffing is an argument that has been used.' mi~ll Ramsey departments. It may in fact be correct; however, I believe that sch ~1. uiibg, shifts and duties could be amended to continue coverage at adequate leVe~s, lin addition, there are thousands of dollars associated with the hiring of an Page 1 Revised 8/31/92 11:31AM