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the ability to acquire any contiguous or non contiguous land for <br />expansion will be severely limited even 10 years from now. <br />A. Staff Projections - The staff has occasionally over the last <br />two or three years looked at what factors would govern potential <br />staff increases during the next 10 years. The projections given <br />by the architect are ones that are essentially based on the <br />following criteria: <br />Increase in community population <br />Shift of function in the following areas: <br />Engineering <br />Recreational Supervision <br />Assessing <br />Engineering - The issue of whether the City looks to an in-house <br />engineer or not is currently being explored as outlined in <br />Attachment A. Even if the City remains with a consultant <br />engineer that person may need some in house space to better serve <br />the organization. <br />Recreation - Another significant shift may be the addition of <br />a recreational supervisor, which most communities have, but the <br />City of Orono is currently handling through the Orono School <br />District by contributions to its fund. The possible need for a <br />recreation supervisor for Oronc is based on the potential that <br />school districts may cut out this function given the ever <br />decreasing dollars available to the schools for other programs. <br />Assessing - The space for the Assessor may be needed whether its <br />in house or on a contract basis. As a contractor may need to <br />have space available to better serve the public. A related issue <br />is that there are few people who provide this service and the <br />City may be required to make it an in house function because of a <br />lack of available contractors. (Orono is probably one of the <br />most difficult cities in the State to assess because of the <br />unique and varied types of housing to a full economic spectrum.) <br />Police - Here the projected growth is a straight projection for <br />an increase of three patrol officers to parallel the population <br />growth. <br />Public Works - The growth in actual publ Ic works personnel apart <br />from engineering amounts to three individuals again based <br />primarily on increased population, although the increase may be <br />less than that. <br />IMPACTS OF PROJECTIONS <br />The following represent the impacts of staff growth projected <br />over the next ten years. <br />2 - ■ ••