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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING Monday, September 10, 2012 7:00 o'clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 14 of 26 (12. CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, Continued) view the City could have done some more outreach to the community. Printup stated he would entertain the idea of postponing this for two weeks to solicit public response. Printup moved, Rahn seconded, to table Item No. 12, the Contract for Law Enforcement Services, for two weeks and to direct Staff to submit articles regarding this item to the local newspapers. Rahn stated in his view Orono has contracted services for police services with other cities in the past but that this is on a larger scale than what has been done in the past. Rahn indicated he does not have any issues with the contract itself but that he does have an issue with the organizational chart. Rahn noted the contract is different from the organizational chart and that he would like to separate the two items. Rahn stated to his knowledge the organizational chart has no affect on the contract. Loftus stated the City Council is free to discuss the two items separately but noted that the City cannot provide service to Mound without the additional police officers and they cannot do that without a new organizational chart being approved. Rahn stated in his view the Council should discuss the organizational chart in a work session and whether the new positions would be included in the insurance waiver program. Rahn indicated he is not sure how the police department came up with the decision to have a deputy chief in lieu of a lieutenant as well as an administrative assistant. Franchot asked when the City Administrator stated that Orono cannot provide services without the organizational chart, if she was referring to adding the Mound police officers or referring to adding the deputy chief and the administrative position. Loftus stated there will be increased patrol and administrative work loads and the City Council, as the governing body, has the discretion to approve who is in those positions. Loftus stated the City Council can change what is being recommended but at some point a new organizational chart needs to be completed if they decide to provide services to Mound. Franchot stated he wanted to clarify whether the City Administrator was referring to the fact that Orono cannot provide services to Mound without a deputy chief and without the new administrative person or whether she was referring to including their officers. Franchot stated in his view the Orono Police Department will need a couple more positions but that he is not sure why they would have a deputy chief. Franchot indicated he has an aversion to one person reporting to one person and that he would like to have further discussion about that. Franchot stated in his view it is important that the Council vote on the contract tonight since Mound has already voted on the contract. Loftus stated what is before the City Council is Staff's recommendation but that the Council could elect to designate it as a lieutenant rather than a deputy chief. This is Staff’s recommendation on the staffing levels needed. The administrative assistant position falls in line with what the police department needs to provide the additional services. Police Chief Farniok stated in conducting research on other police departments, they found that there is no rhyme or reason to a lot of the structures. A lot of the police departments have a chief of police, a second in command, and then supervisors. The titles varied between deputy chief, captain and lieutenant. In doing the research on police department structures, it was found that captain and lieutenant refer to Item #02 - CC Agenda - 09/24/2012 Approval of Council Minutes 09/10/2012 [Page 14 of 26]