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PROCEEDINGS OF PERSfI~NEL COMMITrEE CIT~ OF RAMSE¥ ANOKA ODUNTY S~]%TE OF MINNESCYI~ ~he Personnel Committee conducted a meeting on ~hursday, January 9, 1986 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota. M~bers Present: (buncilm~r A1 Sorteberg Oouncilmember Gary Reimann Also Present: Acting City Administrator/City Attorney Willi~n Goodrich Police Chief Michael Auspos City Engineer Petez Raatikka Mr. Goodrich called the meeting ~o order at 8:13 a.m. ~'~I~I'I~EE BUS IlqEg8 ff~e #1: R~i~nation ,C~ Police Officer ~ Anderson: Mr. Goodrich reported that Officer T~m Anderson has su~itted his resignation from the Ramsey Police Dep~rb~ent. Police Chief requested authorization from the Personnel Committee to Auspos take steps to replace Officer Anderson. Personnel Con~ittee authorized Police Chief Auspos to proceed to replace Officer .Anderson. ~ Dis~u~sion R~aardinp Ov~rtim For Police ~ief :Amqm~: Oouncilm6~ber Reimann stated that at the December Council meeting Councilm~mber Cox e~x~.ressed ooncern with the a~ount of overtime logged by Police Chief Auspos, that he was under the impression that the hiring of an additional officer would give 24 hour coverage and eliminate overtime. . Police Chief Auspos stated that possibly Councilm~mber 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. ~here is o.~ny one officer for each 8 hours, except beb~een 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 sh~ that the cost of Overtime would double if the officers were oovering the Overtime ratheKthan himself; in effect, Mr. Auspos' covering the overtime has reduced the amount of increase in overtime Page 1 of 4