D. Provision of CSO ServicesMEMORANDUM
TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager
CITY OF FROM: Laurie Hokkanen, Assistant City Manager
CHANHASSFN
DATE: December 12, 2011
7700 Market Boulevard
PO Box 147 RE: Discussion of how CSO Services should be provided in
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Chanhassen
Administration BACKGROUND
Phone: 952.227.1100
Fax: 952.227.1110 The City of Chanhassen currently has two Community Service Officers. Each
Building Inspections works 30 hours per week and is on -call for animal impounds every other week.
Phone: 952.227.1180 The current schedule provides for a CSO on duty 6 days per week.
Fax: 952.227.1190
Public Works
The CSO's are responsible for 1) animal control, 2) code enforcement, and 3)
Engineering
assisting the Sheriff's office with tasks not requiring a sworn officer — traffic
Phone: 952.227.1160
Fax: 952.227.1170
direction, motorist assist, medicals, etc. They also help to augment staffing for
Fax: 952.227.1310
special events like Feb Fest, Fourth of July, Chan Jam, etc.
Finance
would be $83,336.
Phone: 952.227.1140
The CSO's currently report to the Assistant City Manager. They may receive
Fax: 952.227.1110
work direction from the CCSO Lieutenant, Crime Prevention Specialist, and
City Planner. Examples of their daily tasks include following up on illegal signs
Park Recreation
in the ROW, barking dogs, animals -at- large, weeds /grass violations, winter
Phone: : 952.227.1120
Fax: 952.227.1110
parking violations, enforce park hours and parking rules, junk vehicles, sidewalk
snow, among others.
Recreation Center
2310 Coulter Boulevard
In 2012, the total budget for the Community Service Line Item (1260) is
Phone: 952.227.1400
$66,800. This includes all costs associated with the CSO except for the one
Fax: 952.227.1404
vehicle assigned to the position. The figure also does not include $9,000 in Fees
Planning &
for Service, which accounts for the animal impound fees incurred at our
Natural Resources
impound facility, Chan Vet. Some of these fees are reimbursed by the animal
Phone: 952.227.1130
owners. The City is responsible for these fees regardless of how we provide the
Fax: 952.227.1110
CSO service.
Public Works
Staff worked with the Carver County Sheriff's office to ascertain whether cost
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savings or efficiencies were available through moving to a contract arrangement.
Phone: 952.227.1300
The CCSO charges $26.72 per hour for CSO services, including vehicle costs.
Fax: 952.227.1310
At our present schedule of 3,120 hours per year, the total cost from the CCSO
Senior Center
would be $83,336.
Phone: 952.227.1125
Fax: 952.227.1110
However, the Sheriff's office has proposed to reduce the total number of hours
of service provided to 2,190, or six hours per day, for a cost of $58,516. The
Web Site
reduction in hours would be offset by the ability to augment a particular day
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with other CSO staff if necessary.
Chanhassen is a Community for Life - Providing far Today and Planning for Tomorrow
Mr. Todd Gerhardt
2012 Police Contract
December 12, 2011
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff is supportive of either model of providing the community service support.
The CSO position is a cost effective way to address public safety needs that do
not require a sworn officer. In either model, this service would be budget
neutral. Staff will facilitate a discussion on the two models at Monday's
meeting.
The benefits of having the CSO's on city staff include the ability to provide
direct work direction, a close working relationship with city departments, and
flexibility in scheduling.
The benefits of having the CSO's housed under the County include shifting the
supervisory responsibility and the depth of staffing at the CSO position — i.e. the
County would be able to backfill the position when someone is on vacation, and
the ability to access more of the County's Record Management System.
Staff is confident that we can continue to provide good customer service to our
residents under either model.
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