01-06-1998 Council Packet Special Meeting

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I ■' City of Long Lake Police Services Agreement Update Park 24 hours per day regardless of sick leave, vacation, etc. Orono submitted a proposal to provide this level of service without an increase in cost for a number of reasons. 1.The Spring Park contract is important to the viability of the total cooperative police services arrangement because it accounts for nearly 25% of the total police budget. 2.The contract with Spring Park calls for the Spring Park supplemental officer to loop through the Navarre area in Orono as part of its regular patrol. This provides for a significant police presence in Navarre which has most of Orono ’s commercial activity and population density. Because Spring Park is paying for 24 hour service, this patrol presence is available periodically throughout the day. 3.As part of providing police services to the city of Spring Park, the Orono Police Department also provides substantial off-duty police security service to the Lord Fletchers restaurant. This is a significant source of additional income for Orono officers which plays a part in enabling Orono to attract and retain high quality officers. 4.Spring Park believed it should have been receiving the full 24 hour service in the past. Because the level of service had been fairly close to the full 24 hour service, the Police Department was able to fill the gaps cost-effectively through the use of part-time officers. The current contract with Long Lake was negotiated by then-Mayor Tod Olson, who was aware that the city had reduced the cost of police services to Spring Park. The language setting out the 70 hours per week of supplemental coverage was added to the contract specifically to clarify the amount of coverage to be provided to the city of Long Lake. If the city of Orono looks ahead to the development of the Highway 12 area, in terms of additional commercial activity and increased residential development; it may make sense to provide a somewhat lower hourly rate for the Long Lake supplemental officers, if part of their Long Lake patrol pattern is a loop tlirough the Highway 12 area similar to the loop through the Navarre area by the Spring Park officer. If the city was to charge the same hourly rate to the city of Long Lake for its supplemental officers as is charged to Spring Park, the cost to Long Lake for supplemental officers would be reduced from $112,610 to $90,310. This is a reduction of $22,300. B. Allocation of "Basic Police Service" Costs The cooperative arrangement for police services provides substantial benefits in terms of increased service levels and reduced costs for all participating cities. The question that arises periodically is whether the cities are sharing reasonably proportionately in the cost savings. This is the question being raised by the city of Long Lake. The question is focused on whether Orono is receiving a disproportionate share of the cost savings in relation to Long Lake and the other participating cities. Igr— .i ii UWvmV.nVT'rur* u ^ 1 r wri ta