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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWK - July 21, 20150 J N ANLb Y 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. • ANDOVER, MINNESUTA 55304 • (763) 755 -5100 FAX (763) 755 -8923 • WWW.ANDOVERMN.GOV City Council Workshop Tuesday, July 21, 2015 Conference Rooms A & B 1. Call to Order — 6:00 p.m. 2. Anoka County Sheriff 2016 Contract Proposal Presentation 3. 2015 General Fund Budget Progress Report 4. June 2015 City Investments Review 5. Other Business 6. Adjournment (ANDOVERJ7 ANDOVER CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MEETING — JULY 21, 201 S MINUTES The Workshop Meeting of the Andover City Council was called to order by Mayor Julie Trude, July 21, 2015, 6:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Councilmembers present: Mike Knight, Sheri Bukkila, Valerie Holthus and James Goodrich Councilmember absent: None Also present: City Administrator, Jim Dickinson Public Works Director /City Engineer, David Berkowitz Others ANOKA COUNTY SHERIFF 2016 CONTRACT PROPOSAL PRESENTATION Mr. Dickinson introduced Sheriff Stuart and Commander Halweg to the City Council. Sheriff Stuart presented the 2016 Anoka County Sheriff Contract proposal. Councilmember Knight asked if the School District handled the liaison. Sheriff Stuart stated they took care of a portion of the costs and the City picked up the rest. Mr. Dickinson indicated the School District paid for sixty percent of the cost. Sheriff Stuart continued with the contract proposal presentation. Mayor Trude noted most of the Deputies that serve Andover have been here for five or more years. Commander Halweg agreed. Councilmember Bukkila asked if they could talk about their outside community neighbors and how the department is handling the distribution of the work force so if they are wanting minimal attention how they are handling it so Andover's resources are not getting pulled out of the City. Sheriff Stuart stated of their eight cities they are doing business with, only six are challenging and all eight are very user friendly and he thought a lot of that partly comes down to vision as well as their efforts in the last few years when they are able to reduce fees and find out what the cities priorities are. They want to make sure all of the contracts are fair and contribute equally for what they are paying for. Commander Halweg stated they have Sergeant meetings and they are all aware of their roles. They make it a priority to not have the contract cars go out of the City to answer calls unless Andover City Council Workshop Meeting Minutes — July 21, 2015 Page 2 absolutely necessary. Councilmember Bukkila asked what the Sheriff is doing to handle drugs in the community. Sheriff Stuart stated the County has a drug task force and they are aggressively going after the dealers. He reviewed what the drug task force has been doing. Councilmember Holthus asked if the drug task force is County wide. Sheriff Stuart stated it is, they have detectives as well as deputies assigned to that unit. Councilmember Knight wanted to commend Sheriff Stuart in the human trafficking issue. He would like to have an officer float in and out of the Community Center so the kids get used to seeing them and start a relationship. Commander Halweg stated he will mention that again in the next meeting. Mayor Trude indicated she liked Councilmember Knight's point because that is relationship building and a lot of kids end up living in the community when adults. Councilmember Holthus asked for more information on the drug task force and their role in the City. Sheriff Stuart discussed the process of the drug task force with the Council. Sheriff Stuart stated the majority of issues they are seeing are the cultural differences within the communities such as domestic abuse. Mayor Trude asked if they are still doing the young people drug prevention programs in the schools. Commander Halweg stated they are still doing programs within the schools, especially middle school to get the message out there. Councilmember Goodrich asked if they have a solid measure process. Sheriff Stuart stated they do have a measure process in place, based on the number of calls per service for an entire year. Councilmember Bukkila asked if the cameras at the Community Center have been working. Commander Halweg stated they are working and helping. Sheriff Stuart continued on with the presentation. Mayor Trude appreciated the work on the vehicle costs and finding ways to cut costs. Councilmember Bukkila stated the City may want to see some time accountability for the Crime Watch Program Coordinator because they are paying for 50% of the position. The City Council supported the 2016 contract. 0 RECESS Motion by Holthus, Seconded by Bukkila, to recess the City Council workshop meeting at 6:59 p.m. to go into the Regular City Council meeting. Andover City Council Workshop Meeting Minutes — July 21, 2015 Page 3 RECONVENE The City Council reconvened at 8:41 p.m. ANOKA COUNTYSHERIFF 2016 CONTRACT PROPOSAL PRESENTATION (CONT.) Councilmember Holthus asked if the Council approved the increase for the 2016 Sheriff's Contract. Mayor Trude did not think Mr. Dickinson was done negotiating with them. He wants to know if the Council wants to maintain the same service levels and she is not sure if they are done tweaking the numbers. Mr. Dickinson stated they have not approved the contract and are still in negotiations with the Sheriff's Department. He asked if the Council wanted him to work on the numbers for staffing to see if it can be lowered. He stated in the past few years the City has gone into a call lull and he is expecting it to increase again with new businesses coming into the City. Councilmember Bukkila stated she is hearing more from the residents that a squad is never seen on their street so she thought the Deputies need to know that and make themselves known in the community. Councilmember Holthus stated she heard the opposite. Councilmember Holthus stated she would like to see what other cities spend on law enforcement. She stated they really need to find some funds for parks and wondered if they could lower some costs to find additional money for parks. Councilmember Knight stated Deputies will need to start wearing body cameras in the future which will be a great expenditure. Councilmember Bukkila indicated she understood where Councilmember Holthus was coming from but to put more money into parks and draw down the law enforcement because there is quite a bit of quality of life issues in terms of the Deputies being around the parks and living by one that is where the calls are going to. Mayor Trude wondered about the CSO's and what they actually do in the community. Councilmember Bukkila explained what a CSO does. Mr. Dickinson stated when looking at the contract, what the focus has been from staff perspective is scheduling and vehicles because he knew there was potentially some savings there and they realized it in the contract proposal. The two percent increase in the deputy contract was what they have but that is only a .58 percent increase, which is one of the lowest increases the City has seen in years. Mayor Trude agreed. © Councilmember Holthus asked if that was based on the reduced needs. Mr. Dickinson stated staff challenged the Sheriff's Department on their scheduling and also on the cost of the cars and maintenance and they looked at their numbers and came back with a revision to the numbers. © Andover City Council Workshop Meeting Minutes —July 21, 2015 Page 4 Mr. Dickinson stated for him to negotiate a little more on the contract, would be the deputy count and the number of hours they are putting in. Councilmember Holthus stated she would like to see if the ratio of calls compared to dollars they spend is the same as other cities. Mr. Dickinson stated the last time they did an analysis on this was on a per capita basis and he pulled the report and they were sitting in the $75.00 per capita level and many cities that had their own law enforcement were as high as $150.00 but there were other communities that were in the $75.00 range. Andover is on the low end. Calls are a little tough to use as the only level to look at it. There was discussion between the Council and staff on call counts and possible future call increases with new businesses coming into the City. Councilmember Holthus wondered how difficult it would be to reduce service and then increase it when needed. Mr. Dickinson stated it could be done. Councilmember Goodrich indicated that would be a good argument for keeping the contract to one year. Mr. Dickinson stated the Sheriff s Department likes the one year contract because they have a lot of unknowns. Mr. Dickinson reviewed the tax rate and some budget items with the Council. ® BUNKER LAKE BOULEVARD RECONSTRUCTION— NOISE WALL AND PEDESTRIAN TUNNEL WALL MATERIALS Mr. Berkowitz reviewed the material options for the noise wall and pedestrian tunnel wall on the Bunker Lake Boulevard reconstruction project. He stated Anoka County Parks is paying for half of the remaining costs of the underpass. He reviewed the costs for the different wall materials with the Council. Consensus of the Council was to go with the Board and Batton concrete wall. 2015 GENERAL FUND BUDGET PROGRESS REPORT Mr. Dickinson stated the City Council should contact him with questions. JUNE 2015 CITY INVESTMENTS REVIEW Mr. Dickinson stated the City Council should contact him with questions. OTHER TOPICS There were no other items. PA © Andover City Council Workshop Meeting Minutes — July 21, 2015 Page 5 ADJOURNMENT Motion by Bukkila, Seconded by Holthus, to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sue Osbeck, Recording Secretary He H