Rochester Hills Legistar System

* The projected Headlee Rollback was modified due to recent information received that

stated there would be no Headlee Rollback for 2006.

* A patrol sergeant was added to the 2006 Police budget.

* Scenario A (updated 2-13-06): reflects no additional deputies hired. A Police Millage

II of 1.4370 would be necessary to maintain the 58 officers.

* Scenario B (updated 2-13-06): reflects adding one (1) deputy each year beginning in

2008 through 2015. A millage of 1.5721 millage will be necessary in 2008 through 2014.

* Scenario C (updated 2-13-06): reflects eight (8) deputies added in 2008. A Police

Millage II of 1.6961 will be necessary.

The Committee discussed other points which included the following:

* A fund balance is not maintained in the Police Fund due to the General Fund subsidy

transfer.

* There was a patrol sergeant added in 2006, which will result in a $2,675,000 subsidy

transfer in 2007 from General Fund; which is an increase from $2,566,000 in 2006.

* The contractual cost in 2008 for police services is unknown at this time, however, a

4% increase assumption is used.

* The revenue collected from court fines and ticket monies are deposited into the Police

Fund.

* Rochester Hills does not have an officer serving on the Undercover Narcotics Team

(NET), therefore, there is no revenue received from "drug busts". Capt. Smith noted that

the current administration has not expressed an interest in participating in the NET unit.

* If eight (8) new deputy positions were added, it would not impact the supervision ratio

because they would be distributed between the work shifts with one (1) added to the

criminal investigations unit and one (1) added to the NET unit to provide some "return

revenue" from "drug busts" to the City.

* Different types of development require different levels of police services, with

Industrial development requiring the lowest. However, one of the fastest growing crimes

is currently fraud crimes which include check fraud, stolen credit cards, stolen

identification, stolen and returned merchandise, etc.

* The small Police millage will be expiring in 2007 which is .43 mils or approximately

$1,500,000 or roughly 25% of the substation staff.

It was suggested that Ms. Jenuwine provide two (2) additional scenarios for discussion

at a future Council work session such as:

* D1 - reflecting how many months it would take before the General Fund would run dry

when the millage expires and a millage fails; and,

* D2 - reflecting what it would mean if the City has to cut 25% of the substation's staff

and the millages expires

The Committee briefly discussed the past police millage attempts that have failed and a

millage option would have the best chance of passing to alleviate the General Fund

subsidy transfer.

It was the consensus of the Committee to request the Council President to schedule a

Council work session to determine the direction Council would like to proceed regarding

a police millage in order to plan a campaign strategy and ballot question in a timely

manner.

Mr. Andy LeBlanc, member of the Rochester Hills Government Youth Council (RHGYC),

informed the Committee that RHGYC will be creating a a web site to enhance

communication between the City and residents. He suggested that the web site include

facts and information about Police services and millage information as well as other

millages as the need may arise.

The consensus was that the web site would be a new avenue that would provide

positive benefits toward educating residents on issues within the City.

Capt. Smith extended an open invitation for RHGYC to visit the substation and

suggested that they may consider doing an interview with other youth involved in the

Explorer Post Program, specifically regarding law enforcement.