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Department Forecasts 17
<br />Public Safety The chart shown below illustrates the total expenditures and staffing numbers
<br />for Public Safety, as projected for the 50,000 population scenario. Public
<br />Safety includes the Police Department, Fire Department, and Building
<br />Inspection Department (discussed above). It also includes other non-employee
<br />departments which have been factored into the expenditure projections, but will
<br />not be discussed. These departments include, civil defense, animal control etc.
<br />Public Safety -50,000 Projection
<br />Year
<br />Year
<br />Year
<br />Year
<br />Year
<br />Year
<br />zoo6 20X0
<br />Budget ' Buclgef
<br />2015
<br />Budget
<br />2020.;
<br />_' Bttdg�f
<br />2025x2030
<br />r $u$ge> 'Budgeti
<br />Beginning Personnel - F.T.E.
<br />44.08
<br />56.50
<br />71.00
<br />84.50
<br />88.00
<br />89.00
<br />Added F.T.E.
<br />-
<br />4.01
<br />2.82
<br />2.62
<br />0.21
<br />0.30
<br />Ending F.T.E.
<br />44.00
<br />60.,.W
<br />73.75;
<br />: 87.00:
<br />88;00s
<br />89.25';
<br />EXPENDITURE PROJECTIONS
<br />Personnel
<br />2,915,740
<br />4,476,494
<br />6,328,420
<br />8,600,653
<br />10,115,035
<br />11,893,636
<br />Supplies and Materials
<br />357,645
<br />547,700
<br />770,167
<br />1,048,780
<br />1,275,462
<br />1,644,239
<br />Other Services & Charges
<br />311,045
<br />476,337
<br />669,817
<br />912,128
<br />1,109,274
<br />1,430,000
<br />Capital Outlay
<br />262,700
<br />402,301
<br />565,709
<br />770,358
<br />936,862
<br />1,207,738
<br />Transfers to ERF
<br />306,126
<br />468,804
<br />659,224
<br />897,703
<br />1,091,731
<br />1,407,385
<br />Debt Service
<br />32,804
<br />36,795
<br />42,916
<br />49,502
<br />57,260 1
<br />67,482
<br />TOTAL BUDGET4,186,060
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<br />0,408,431
<br />9,036,253:
<br />12,279,124 -
<br />'- 14,585,623 j
<br />I7,650,481
<br />Police Department
<br />The Ramsey Police Department currently consists of 21 licensed officers
<br />including the Chief of Police, one Captain, three Patrol Sergeants, one Support
<br />Services Sergeant, two Investigator and 13 Patrol Officers. The Police
<br />Department also employs a full-time Crime Prevention Specialist, two full-time
<br />Community Service Officers, 15 Reserve Volunteers and two and one-half
<br />office support staff. Its 2006 budget was approximately $2.6 million.
<br />Survey analysis indicates that most metro area communities maintain a one
<br />officer per thousand population staffing level. Federal Bureau of Investigation
<br />data tracking national staffing levels show averages of 1.25 to 1.4 officers per
<br />thousand. The Midwest, and Minnesota in particular, have tended to be lower.
<br />The city of Ramsey can expect that as it approaches a population of 50,000, it
<br />will have approximately 50 sworn officers. How those officers are used and
<br />what capabilities the department may need will likely change as the city grows.
<br />The shape of the Ramsey Police Department will be affected by three major
<br />factors: development characteristics, demographics, and policing philosophy.
<br />Development Characteristics
<br />The City of Ramsey's current pattern of upscale commercial development
<br />along the Highway 10 corridor will impact the nature of police work in the
<br />City. Police activity associated with entertainment venues typically create a
<br />need for more intense scheduling during certain periods of the day and the
<br />increase in business activity will require capabilities in white collar crime,
<br />identity theft, and a host of other categories different from police calls
<br />generated in a residential environment.
<br />City of Ramsey—Organization Study and Review
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