Laserfiche WebLink
� <br /> � • • • • � - • . <br /> emo <br /> Ta City Administrator Jessica Loftu <br /> Frorre Police Chief Correy Famiok <br /> Da� February 19,2015 <br /> R� Prosecuting Attomey <br /> The City of Orono has con�ac,�tad with Ken Potts for criminal prosecution for more than 10 years. <br /> Contracts are typically for three years. The current contract for criminal prosecution services is for <br /> $36,000. Prior years have been; <br /> 2014-$36,000 <br /> 2013-$36,000 <br /> ' 2012-$31,500 <br /> 2011 -$31,500 <br /> 2010—$31,500 <br /> In 2014 there were 276 arrests made by the Orono Police Department. 188 of these cases were <br /> submitted to Ken Potts for prosecution. The remainder were forwarded to Gregg Keller (attomey for <br /> City of Spring Park), Hennepin County Attomey's Office (Felony cases), or other attomeys as <br /> determined by jurisdiction.This number does not represent the hundreds of citations that he potentially <br /> deals with resulting from speeding, no seatbelt, or other traffic and equipment related citations that he <br /> processes and deals with in court on a weekly basis. Ken Potts represents our cities at Ridgedale <br /> court every Wednesday and when needed as directed by the court to deal with an arrest or a citation. <br /> In 2013 the City of Mound also selected Ken Potts as their criminal prosecutor. This contract is in year <br /> three of a three year contrac�t. Ken Potts has also been contracted with the City of Minnetonka Beach <br /> for more than 10 years for their criminal prosecution and is also in the final year of a three year contract. <br /> There are many benefits to having a single attomey handle multiple cities that we provide police <br /> services to. There is consistency befinreen cities with expectations and the days the officers will be in <br /> court. In the past each contracted city had a different prosecuting attomey for each city and this proved <br /> difficult at times. The police commission discussed and efForts were made by the cities to work <br /> together and make attempts to have a similar prosecuting attomey for criminal matters. The criminal <br /> prosecuting attomey has minimal contact with City Administrators and/or Councils and work in entirely <br /> with the Police Department. To address this gap in the future I would suggest language in the contract <br /> to have the attomey attend 2 meetings annually to give an update and to address any of the Councils' <br /> concems or questions they may have. <br /> 1 <br />