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Rmmsey Lr~tiated a $20 per vehicle lockout fee in Janu~u~/2002. The City o£ Rmmsey has approximately 350 cars £or lockout service. In ELk River, about 75% of the vehicle lockout cJls are responded to by Police Officers. These are non-priority calls ,~nd the Police Officer gets there whenever he or she can. In round numbers, it is fmr to say that it ~akes about l/: hour per lockout calL. The number of lockout caJ.ls has increased sig-mfcantly over the years. In 2000 the city responded to 1,o8 lockouts and in 2001 the city responded to 1'406 lockouts. An increased number of lockout c:ffls m~e predicted in the fu~,~a:~fT--w~nt7 dollars per service is the norm and at d~-is ra~e somewhere in r_he neighborhood ~evenues could be expected. The Chief of PoLice has previously resisted charging a lockout fee as this se:-~ice is usually very positive public contact and service that the city can provide its citizens and visitors. (A large nmnber of d~e lockouts happen ~ shopp~g ~e~s.) employees for cost of Eying purposes. T~s CO2 increase is m ad,don to the wage plan s~ep ~creases for employees that happen July 1 of ~ach year. For employees ~at are ~t ~ top of ~e pay plan ~em only wage increase is ~e CO2 mcreztse. For as long as I c~n remember, the ciW h~s provided ~ 3% CO~i ~crease to ~e non-u~on employees. T~s 3% CO2 increase has generally kept the ci~ compeddv~ ~ wages wi~ its ndghbm~g and s~ar co~u~des. The concern is ~at if less ~an 3% is given m E~ and 3% is given m neighbo~g and s~ corpuscles, ~en E~ ~ver w~ begin to b~d. One year or ~o may not have a si~fican~ ~pact but I would not want to have ¢iW ~mploye~s ¢onsistendy received a low~r CO~ increase ~an neighbo~g and s~ar The d.if~'erence bet~veen a 2% and a 3% COLA increase for aLI city employees (including PoLice un_ion employees) is approximately ~28,000. Other budget options to consider IV£ayor and City, Council $5000/¢iLmmate the balance of r_he FIPC request for oral history and inventory work $500/further reduce the HPC conference and school request (This keeps $1000 in the budget for HPC conference/schools.) $2000/reduce c~ty newsletters from 6 fines per year to 4 dines per C.q ble TV $3000/Office supplies...purchase laptop ~~4n 2002 using City Councit Conlin~ency £~nds Admimstz:mon $3000/Off~ce supplies...pm:chase two ~ 2002 using City Council Conm2genc¥ funds