WS 2012 05 29
CHANHASSEN CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION
MAY 29, 2012
Mayor Furlong called the work session to order at 5:45 p.m.
COUNCIL MEMBERS PRESENT:
Mayor Furlong, Councilman McDonald, Councilwoman Ernst,
and Councilman Laufenburger
COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT:
Councilwoman Tjornhom
STAFF PRESENT:
Todd Gerhardt, Laurie Hokkanen, Todd Hoffman and Lt. Jeff Enevold
PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION APPLICANT INTERVIEWS.
Council members interviewed applicants Jim Boettcher and Todd Neils, afterward discussing their
impressions of those interviews.
REVIEW OF 2013 LAW ENFORCEMENT GOALS.
Lt. Jeff Enevold reviewed the sheriff department’s benchmarking and work load performance analysis
which is used to determine staffing levels in order to achieve the 2013 Public Safety goals.
Councilwoman Ernst asked about looking at efficiencies into the future. Councilman Laufenburger asked
for clarification of the focus of the sheriff’s department being administrative vs public safety.
Councilman McDonald asked about enforcement being reactive versus proactive and educating the
public more than once a year at the National Night Out events. Mayor Furlong asked for clarification of
the benchmarking and staffing analysis related to response time analysis.
Mayor Furlong adjourned the work session at 7:00 p.m.
Submitted by Todd Gerhardt
City Manager
Prepared by Nann Opheim