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<br />financing plan to support those additional positions they would bring on. Also with respect to <br />the peer cities, the report notes in growing communities you typically find more Planning, <br />Building, Inspection, and Engineering Staff to facilitate growth; peer cities typically have a <br />higher ratio in those areas than the target cities. <br /> <br />Page 5, Section 4 includes forecasts for the future. The report gives quite a bit of detail <br />regarding growth assumption with respect to the housing population and industrial and <br />commercial growth, but she does not believe it adequately ties the growth assumptions to the <br />budget. The growth resulting from housing and from commercial and industrial development <br />basically translates to tax capacity, and those funds are used to pay for new positions. She has <br />requested that this section be expanded on. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson questioned the assumption in this section of 44% single family and 46% <br />multi-family. She stated the proportion in the City and the seven county area currently includes <br />more multi-family housing. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jeffrey noted the growth projection included on page 8 discusses household <br />growth, and he does believe these numbers equal 44/46. <br /> <br />Human Resources Manager Reed indicated she will address these questions to Springsted. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen commented in relation to tying the increase of tax capacity to the <br />budget in terms of staffing, it needs to be kept in mind this translates into an increased need for <br />services as well. <br /> <br />Human Resources Manager Reed advised the bulk of this study is based on a population <br />projection of 50,000. Based on Springsted's projection for 2006, the City would have 94.75 <br />FTE's at the end of the year. She has requested a better explanation for what is shown in this <br />section. Ms. Reed discussed the staffing projections included in the study. She indicated <br />building maintenance staffing was not included in the study, and there will be narrative added <br />regarding those services. She advised basically Springsted believes that Ramsey's ratio of staff <br />members to population are consistent with those of their target communities, and they are <br />recommending the City stay at the current ratio. The study shows how many positions need to <br />be hired to maintain the current ratio. She has requested clarification in the report with respect to <br />the Police Department on page 16, which mistakenly includes non-sworn positions as licensed <br />officers. With this correction the ratio of licensed officers would actually be less than 1: 1. <br /> <br />Human Resources Manager Reed indicated page 19 includes a discussion regarding the Public <br />Works Department; Engineering and Street Maintenance was included in this section and she has <br />requested this be revised to include Utilities and Parks Maintenance because they are currently <br />separate divisions within Public Works. Ms. Reed advised in the information on page 21 it <br />appears that the City currently has a Park and Recreation Department, which they do not have. <br />She has requested that this be handled as part of the recommendations. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson inquired about using existing City employees in dual roles to handle on- <br />eall needs, as discussed on page 18 of the report. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / July 11,2006 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />