STAFF REPORT - CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY

Police Department request to add a permanent 5^th Sergeants position.

The Police Department currently has one Sergeant assigned to the DEA task force.  That contract was recently renewed and will now be expiring on September 30, 2022.  Council approved a Temporary Sergeant position in January 2021 to allow the Police Department to continue to have 4 Sergeants covering patrol shifts while this contract was active.

The current Temporary Sergeant position is set to expire on February 2^nd, 2022.  Once that position expires, the Sergeant assigned to it will return to his Corporal status, leaving the agency with a patrol shift with no Sergeant.  Instead of requesting to extend the Temporary Sergeant position for an unknown amount of time or paying an Officer / Corporal “Out of Class Pay” as an Acting Sergeant, the Police Department is seeking a 5^th Sergeant position be added.  This will alleviate the need to revisit this issue should the DEA contract be renewed again.

If the DEA contract was not renewed, the 5^th Sergeant would be assigned to Investigations once that opens back up.  In the meantime, that Sergeant would be assigned to an administrative position and conduct background investigations as needed, handle criminal registrations, fill in on patrol as needed to help alleviate overtime, conduct any internal investigations, and assist with staff evaluations, training, and scheduling.

The Council can decide not to allow the permanent position and extend the Temporary Sergeant Position until September 30^th, 2022.

The Council can decide not to allow the permanent position and let the Temporary Sergeant position to expire and pay “Out of Class Pay” to an Officer / Corporal until the DEA contract is complete.  This option will need to be closely monitored so no one employee holds the position to long, causing any property rights situations.

Currently the fiscal impact of the Temporary Sergeant position is an additional $3,909.62.  There are currently two officers qualified for a Sergeant position.  Adding an additional Sergeant position would impact the current fiscal budget between $1,563.85 and $3,871.66, depending on which officer who is promoted.