01-06-1998 Council Packet Special Meeting

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r Attachment A TO: FROM: DATE: Long Lake Police Commission Ron Moorse, City Administrator December 9,1997 SUBJECT: Police Services Cost Allocation The cities of Long Lake and Orono, along with the cities of Minnetonka Beach and Spring P^k, have been sharing the substantial benefits of the cooperative provision of police services such as lower costs, more services.-DARE, school liaison, full-time investigator, professional administration-and excellent emergency response. One element of the cooperati police services arrangement that is important to keep up-to-date is the cost allocation formu a. Cost allocation formulas for cooperative service provision have historically been b^ed on a*' effort to match costs with service need. The formulas initially began with favors such as; population square miles, and market value which indirectly measure service need. The assumption was made Sat there was a fairly strong correlation between each of these factors and the need for poll services. In most cases of cooperative service provision, there has been a large agency providing a significantly smaller agency. The level of service provided and the amount of verfTow, almost incidental, in comparison to the regular work load and staffing ? ag^cy. The service provided was basic 24 hour emergency response. There was mimmal presence oLide of response to calls for service. Today ’s cooperative arrangements a "full service" city providing incidental service to a rural township. They now involve cities wiA more balanced relationships with service needs and desires that are beyond sn.ply responding to calls for service. Cities are needing and demanding customized service. This h^ led ^ effo^ to develop cost allocation formulas or methods that reflect the level of service needed and desired. In the South Lake cities the indirect factors such as population and market value by cost allocation based on actual service used (number of service hours used). T^e Hennepin County Sheriff has made proposals to cities for police services with the cost based on hours service provided at a specific cost per hour. In Orono's police service arrangement with Long Lake et.al., the indirect ^ market value-have been retained; but the differing service needs have been recognized by usi g supplemental officers to provide the level of service desired and to ensure the cities pay direc y o this level of service. The city of Long Lake has expressed some concern regarding this hybrid form of cost shanng and has suggested a new cost sharing arrangement be explored. l... .i.»supplemental ofTicers, the officers should remain in Long Lake at all times versus assisting Orono A-1