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SUBJECT: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL :::::C:,K::::S, CITY ADMIN~~ SECONDARY D.A.R.E. OFFICER TO: FROM: DATE: On April 6, 1993, I attended a meeting regarding a project to raise funds for a secondary D.A.R.E. officer. If this fund raising project moves forward, the City would certainly be a willing participant in terms of waiving local building permit fees, SAC/WAC fees, and assuring a housing inspector is on site most of the time. This project would raise a lump sum amount in 1993 to finance a new and additional police officer for the D.A.R.E. program. A secondary D.A.R.E. officer certainly has benefits for the entire community and would be a very positive additional program. . However, a concern that must be reviewed relates to the ongoing expenses associated with a new police officer. The City currently is responsible for 58% of the expenses associated with the school liaison program and a new D.A.R.E. officer would be an addition to this program. If funds are raised in 1993 for the first year of this program, then the City may be obligated to finance the program in future years if additional funds are not raised. Furthermore, the school liaison program has been on the School Board list of projects to maybe cut/reduce if funding becomes tight. The City has to be concerned about absorbing future costs of a new D.A.R.E. officer or the public repercussions of eliminating a program initiated only a few years earlier through a public fund raising effort. It is not my intention to cast a cloud of concern over this fund raising effort but I feel it is necessary that the Council be aware of future financial issues related to a new D.A.R.E. police officer. . 720 Dodge Avenue N.W., Elk River, Minnesota 55330 (612) 441-7420