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r <br />C, <br />c <br />Equipment Replacement <br />As the attached table shows, the level of funding needed to meet current equipment replacement needs <br />is $173,000. Equipment needs are funded through the Improvement and Equipment Outlay (lEO) <br />Fund. This ftind has a current balance of $400,000. However, with the cost of one plow truck <br />replacement exceeding $ 100,000, and the cost of a fire pumper exceeding $200,000, it is important that <br />this fund be adequately funded over the long term. In 2004, the amount of funds transferred to the lEO <br />Fund was reduced from $105,00 to $45,000, again based on the limited tax levy available. The 2005 <br />budget reflects a transfer of $125,000, which is still lower than the amount required to meet needs over <br />the long term. <br />Police Staftinc <br />The Police Department has identified the need for three additional officers. These include a second <br />investigator, a narcotics investigator, and a patrol officer. The proposed 2005 budget reflects the <br />addition of the investigator position. <br />The joint drug task force with Hennepin County, Medina. Mound, and West Hennepin Public Safety <br />requires a full-time narcotics in'. estigator. A current full time patrol officer has been assigned to the <br />narcotics investigator position. Initially, the patrol position will be back-filled by a part-time officer. A <br />private fundraising effort is planned to provide transition funding for the narcotics investigator for one <br />year. The City will then need to fund this position. This funding will need to be included in the 2006 <br />budget. <br />Tlie Department is currently staffed with two otTicers during the night shift. Whenever a night shift <br />officer calls in sick, filling the shift requires overtime. In many cases, the shift can only be tilled by <br />someone who has already worked eight hours that day. Asking officers to work for 16 hours, especially <br />if there is no break between shifts, raises both officer safety and public safety concerns. Alst», when <br />there are only two ofticers on the street, neither of them can do proactive enforcement (i.e. follow-up on <br />cases, DWI’s, etc,) liccause those activities can take them off the street for extended periods of time. <br />The Department is receiving increased requests for service in Long Lake, especially related to the <br />Highway 12 construction project. The Department does not have enough officers to respond to these <br />additional service requests. The daytime service problem could be corrected by adding an officer for <br />traffic enforcement Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. <br />Navarre Streetscapinc and Hiahwav 12 Turnback Consultant <br />Both of these special projects could be eligible for funding through the Heiuiepin County Community <br />Works program. A request for funding for the Highway 12 Turnback Project is in process. Although it <br />may be difficult to obtain funding for both of the projects, a request for funding for the Navarre <br />Streetscaping project will also be made. <br />^ -ji 6tt> Jut ^i i i i i