2021/10/27 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

October 27, 2021 • Hiring incentive or lateral hiring incentive for the basic law enforcement academy graduates with less than two years' experience • Adding an additional incentive for in and/or out of state hired laterals with greater than five years' experience. • Pre-loading sick and vacation banks for in or out of state lateral candidates. • Increasing the staffing focus on recruitment, particularly on background investigations. • one-time retention bonus, essentially to reward existing officers to stay until the end of 2022. It would be paid out at the end of 2022 and be calculated at a percentage of their base pay. • Upgrade on-duty uniforms and vests. Council Member Murphy stated that strategies could be funded from staffing shortages as well as funds from the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) could assist with the ongoing concerns and potential improvements moving forward. Council Member Murphy moved to continue to work with the Mayor Cassie Franklin, Deputy Mayor Nick Harper and the Police Chief Dan Templeman to formalize the recommendations, put budget dollars together with the recommendations and bring back to Council over the next several weeks while working through the budget process. Council Member Tuohy seconded the motion. Council Member Bader wanted to mention challenges around a certain motel on North Broadway and ask the Administration could get back to Council for a motion to request that was made several weeks ago regarding amending the "No Sit, No 3