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Council discusses police scheduling, on-call pay and SRO cost share
Summary
City staff and council reviewed police scheduling, on-call calculations and the school resource officer cost-share; staff suggested possible reductions in on-call budgeting and noted two officers on weekly rotation.
Council questioned several police-related budget lines during the work session. Administrator Teresa Hill described the on-call budgeting assumption as one hour per officer per day and suggested discussing reductions with Police Chief Petrasek, saying the on-call line "can be brought down to zero." She also said the City currently budgets for two officers on a weekly rotation.
Hill noted the school resource officer (SRO) cost-share yields $17,500 in revenue and the city absorbs the remainder of the SRO cost. Councilmembers asked for clarification on utilities and phone savings tied to moving to the new City Hall and the potential for lower ongoing building costs once facilities are sold.
