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Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Mark Tymrak, Director of Public Safety-Police
SUBJECT: Police & Municipal Court Facility and Staffing plans
MEETING DATE: City Commission Policy Meeting: Thursday, June 7, 2007
RECOMMENDATION: We respectfully request the City Commission to direct staff to
prepare a resolution to formerly adopt the Needs Assessment and Facility Plan prepared by
Carter Goble Lee (CGL). We respectfully request the City Commission to direct staff to prepare
a resolution to formerly adopt the staffing methodology endorsed by the International
Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and presented by Tim Freesmeyer (Etico Solutions Inc.)
BACKGROUND: At the request of commission police staff has worked closely with Carter
Goble Lee Associates to develop a 20 year best practices review of space needs and analysis for
a new Police and Municipal Court Facility. Staff has also worked closely with consultant
Freesmeyer to prepare a 20 year best practices staffing and deployment plan. The City
Commission has previously seen presentations from Carter Goble Lee (CGL) on their Police and
Municipal Court Facility Needs Assessment and Tim Freesmeyer (Etico Solutions, Inc) on
Police Resource Analysis Findings and Projections. The CGL Facility Needs Assessment has
been reworked since April 2, 2007 to reflect space needs based solely on the staffing
methodology presented by Freesmeyer. In addition, staff has continued to work with Freesmeyer
on staffing deployment plans, workload indicators and the staffing methodology as presented by
Etico Solutions, Inc. Our need for a certain timeline with known funding and a firm plan is
based on the need for additional staffing and the overcrowded situation that currently exists at
the Law & Justice Center and cannot be allowed to continue indefinitely. Staff continues to work
with Gallatin County officials to explore the feasibility, location and timeline of a criminal
justice campus.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: Sustained funding source; facility site location.
FISCAL EFFECTS: There are no fiscal effects associated with adopting the Carter Goble Lee
Facility Needs Assessment or the Etico Staffing Analysis methodology. Significant fiscal
impacts will be incurred implementing the recommendations contained within the plans
including the construction of the new police facility and hiring additional personnel.
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
CONTACT: Please feel free to email Mark Tymrak at mtymrak@bozeman.net if you have any
questions.
APPROVED BY: Mark Tymrak, Director of Public Safety-Police
Chris Kukulski, City Manager