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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council 10.1 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br /> <br />Work SessionApril 6, 2015Ron Nierenhausen, Chief of Police <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Crime Prevention Specialist Position Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Reviewed by <br />Lauren Wipper, Human Resources Representative <br /> <br />Action Requested <br /> <br />Receive information, discuss, and provide direction regarding the proposed Crime Prevention Specialist <br />position. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br /> <br />Following the retirement of CSO Edinger, who in addition to her Community Service Officer duties also <br />performed many of the activities of a Crime Prevention Specialist, command staff has reviewed the <br />position, resources, and community needs. As a result, the chief proposes for the Council’s <br />consideration to make one of the CSO positions a dedicated Crime Prevention Specialist. <br /> <br />Police department staff and Human Resources have reviewed Crime Prevention Specialist position <br />descriptions from other communities and have modified our existing position to account for the changes <br />in responsibility, expectation, and service level. The updated position description would require a pay <br />grade change consistent with our compensation plan. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br /> <br />The full-time CSO position is budgeted for 2015. A second full-time CSO position has been vacant since <br />January. The overall police personnel budget has had three vacant police officer position vacancies since <br />the start of the year as well as minor unused allocations for captain, sergeant and drug task force officer. <br />The pay grade change and hire of a Crime Prevention Specialist will have no net impact to the approved <br />2015 police department budget. However, the 2016 budget – with all ERPD positions filled, would show <br />an increase over 2015 with the position change and would be budgeted accordingly. <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CSO Job Description <br /> <br /> <br />Proposed Crime Prevention Specialist Job Description <br /> <br /> <br />