Agenda - Council - 01/14/1986 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I I I I :1 I I ! ! I I I I I FROCEEDINGS OF PERSONNEL COMMITTEE CITY OF RAMSEY AN(FA (I~3NTY 8~%TE OF MINNESO~ ~he Personnel C(m~ittee conducted a meeting on ~hursday, January 9, 1986 at the Ramsey Municip~l Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota. Members Present: Councilmmber A1 Sorteberg Councilmmber Cary Reimann Also Present: Acting City Administrator/City Attorney Willi~ Goodrich Police G~ief Michael Auspos City Engineer Peter Raat~kka Mr. Goodrich called the meeting to order at 8:13 a.m. Mr. Goodrich reported that Officer T~m Anderson has submitted his resignation from the Ramsey Police Department. Police G~ief Auspos requested authorization from the Personnel C~m~ittee to take steps to replace Officer Anderson. Personnel Cxm~ittee authorized Police ~hief Auspos to procccd to replace Offioer Anderson. For Po]~ee_ ~ef Ausm~? Councilmember Reimann stated that at the December Council meeting Councilmember Cox expressed concern with the a~ount of overtime logged by Police (~ief Auspos; that he was under the impression that the hiring of an additional offioer would give 24 hour coverage and eliminate overtime. Police ~hief Auspos stated that possibly Councilmember Cox misunderstood; there is no way adding an 8-hour-shift coverage would also eliminate overtime. Mr. Auspos stated that shift coverage is still necessary in instances of illness, vacation and court appearance as Ramsey does not have redundancy. ~ere is only one officer for each 8 hours, except between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 3:00 a.m., hours which Mr. Auspos does not want an officer on duty alone. Mr. Auspos presented figures which show that the cost of overtime would double if the officers were covering the overt/me ratherthan himself; in effect, Mr. Auspos' covering the overtime has reduced the ~mount of increase in overtime Page 1 of 4