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The Mayor and Council shall consider a staff complement change to add one (1) Part-time Property Evidence Technician position in the Police Department and add the new staff complement to the 2012 Salary Plan. Discussion and Action.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
If approved, this staff complement change will have no additional budgetary impact for the remainder of FY12-13. The salary range for the Property Evidence Technician position is $35,188 minimum to $48,507 maximum. The requested position is part-time, which equates to 30 hours or less per week.
The salary budgeted for the part-time Property Evidence Technician staff complement is $31,669 annually. The estimated cost of this action is $15,835, which covers the second half of FY12-13; January 1, 2103 through June 30, 2013. The cost to cover the salary and employee related expenses for this new position will be covered by savings from current vacancies in the police department’s authorized personnel budget, which include two positions that were vacated during this fiscal year. Estimated savings from these two vacated positions is $18,750.
This staff complement is required because Police officers collect evidence on a continual 24x7 basis, often several times a day. Evidence is documented by the officer and then placed into secured lockers that are only accessible to assigned Property Evidence personnel. Each weekday the lockers are inventoried by Property Evidence personnel who tag, record and check the evidence into the secured Property Evidence area. Evidence can remain in the custody of the Property Evidence until the case is adjudicated, or, as is more likely, it needs to be transported for analysis or criminal proceedings. It is not atypical for each piece of evidence to be handled three or four times during its retention period, with each transaction requiring documentation by Property Evidence personnel.
The Property Evidence currently maintains over 11,000 evidence items, along with all...
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