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1998 Budget Worksession <br />August 25, 1997 <br />Page 5 <br /> <br /> clear in stating up front that she could not work full time. This <br /> request could cost up to $15,000. <br />· The planning department is requesting that the intern position be <br /> established as a permanent planning position. I am recommending <br /> approval of this request. Seven months of wages are already in the <br /> planning department budget. An upgrade of the intern position to a <br /> planner position and the allocation of five additional months of <br /> wages needs to happen for this position to be established. This <br /> request will cost approximately $12,000. <br />· The police department is asking for the establishment of a captain <br /> position. This is not an increase in manpower, but a promotion. I <br /> am not an expert in police chain of command issues or supervisory <br /> responsibilities, but I have not been convinced of the need for this <br /> position. This promotion has been discussed for a few years. The <br /> cost of this position change would be about $ by the time a <br /> sergeant is promoted to captain, a corporal promoted to sergeant, <br /> and an officer promoted to corporal. One of the ongoing concerns in <br /> the police department is pay. In the past, the Chief has expressed a <br /> legitimate concern over how close in pay the sergeants were to his <br /> wages when considering the overtime pay the sergeants receive. <br /> The captain will not receive overtime pay and I can see this total <br /> pay relationship concern becoming an issue. Additionally, the <br /> Chiefs pay has an internal relationship to the pay of other <br /> department heads. <br />· The administration department is asking for the hiring of a part <br /> time Cable TV employee. I am recommending approval of this <br /> position. The purpose of this employee is to reduce the current <br /> expenses for videotaping meetings and to provide more cable <br /> programming opportunities. The net increase in cost to the city will <br /> not exceed $5,000. <br />· The street/park department has requested the elevation of a current <br /> employee to the park foreman position. I support this request and <br /> have heard Councilmembers request this change in the past. This <br /> employee currently works in a park foreman capacity and we need <br /> to formalize this change. Accordingly, this increase in pay, due to <br /> increased responsibility, is already in the proposed 1998 park <br /> budget. This change will cost about $2,000. <br /> <br />The Council should be advised that the contingency fund also includes the <br />wages for the two vacant police department positions. These two positions <br />are a total of somewhere between $81,600 and $113,600 for entry level versus <br />top paid officers. The contingency fund also includes approximately $45,000 <br />for the wages/benefits for the non union general fund employees. When <br />taking into consideration these two expenditures, it is easy to see that there <br /> <br /> <br />