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vha days '»«for car. a»4 tory ti»® ^ aa. Ayes — Chief fc TTm»«Kiex)r fInteroffice WeeoDetei February 1990Toinerk Bernherdeon, City AdminietretorFromi Hel Kilbo, Chief of PoliceResProposed Reimbureeiiient - Canine Program Daily Grooming and CareBased on a recent article in the paper on problems with pay tor doQ care, this Department has researched other departments solutions* The canine otticer, durma tne course ot the day, can spend appro;:, 30 minutes cleanina the kennel, exercisina, and sometimes trainina the doa to keep him sharp.Fair Labor Standards Act, enacted 19S5, requires that the Department pay overtime tor anvthinq put in over 40 hours per week. 1 haye checked with Chiet Len Harrei, Mound Police Department* Tiey are p^vina their canine otficer tive hours ot comp time per pay period, wtiich comes to 15 hours ot comp time per month. When taking this down times the average salary ot ^16,24 hour, it comes out to :f3200. Their canine ot-ficer works 0 hours a day and is paid comp time in addition to his regular work. In Golden Valley, Director Mooney states he gives the canine otficer 0 hours straight pay every two weeks. This wol« . j tigure out to 3,0 X 2 X 13 pay periods X 16.24 » ^1600, They work their doa hdindler G hours a day. In Bloomington, Captain Port indicates that they are looking at working their canine handler ^-1/2 hours ana a' owino the other half hour as an 0 hour period for c^*^ing an j'^oominq ot the dog. If we take the 8 days m the e pen X .5 (30 minutes) it comes out to 4 hours per > period, taking 4 X l~l/2 X 13 X 16.24 comes to :il270 for t^e days he work*- We then calculate the days he is off out of the year, and comes to a total of f3300 for the care and arooming of the dog. We have looked at a plan whereby we might pay the dog handler 8 hours of straight duty pay and give him one-half hour of comp time for 20 days in the pay period, which comes to 14 hours. The first 11 hours of comp time would be straight time, the next three hours would be time and one- half on comp, which would come to a total o+ 15.5 hours, times 13 pay periods, comes to 201 hours. The part-time officer could be used to make up these hours at a lower rate of pay. It IS possible it will only be :iH400 over what we V