2018 City of Shakopee Budget

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Budget Impact:

Our department consistently trains well-beyond industry minimums. Couple that with our commitment to unparalleled customer service and you can see why our department has been recognized with several state and national awards. Our department has recently received multiple awards for innovation from both MADD and the Humphrey School of Public Affairs. While our population and calls for service continue to increase, our last five years have been the lowest crime rates in our city’s history. To maintain that trend and keep up with growth, we are increasing our staff by three full-time positions, which will help address several concerns you, our customers, shared in the most recent citizen survey. It’s easy to say our goal is to keep people in Shakopee safe. While certainly true, our goal is also to exceed your expectations and be known as the best police department in Minnesota. To do that, we must put together a budget that provides the staffing, training and equipment necessary to reach these goals. This budget does just that. Our first is a new, full-time code compliance officer. This will be a non-sworn position to help increase our efficiency and compliance with city code violations. The citizen survey indicated a desire to see more compliance with code-related issues. This position will allow us to increase the number of complaints we can address as well as allow for more proactive activity. The remaining two positions are sworn police officers to start in October 2018. Once trained, these positions will allow us to have our street crimes unit year-round. This unit proactively addresses trends such as vandalisms and thefts. The unit also focuses on our most frequent, repeat offenders and can assist in proactively addressing drug issues on the street. The above-mentioned areas were raised in the citizen survey. These two officers will allow us to put the necessary resources in place to proactively address your concerns.

EMPLOYEES

PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES

62.5

59.5

58.5

58.5

Police Department 32.7%

Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Budget 2017 Budget 2018

Number of Employees (FTEs)