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1 I 1 Council Meeting Minutes April 14, -1987 Page 7 Utilizing the April 28, 1987, date for staff to report back and to have the timeframe established for each violation and a procedure to waive the time period for major cost items, Schmidt moved, seconded by Williams, to DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDER TO BRING THE BUILDING INTO COMPLIANCE AND TO HAVE IT BACK ON THE APRIL 28, 1987) COUNCIL AGENDA. Beisswenger commented that Items 9, 10, and 11 can be rectified; regarding lights on stairs, it becomes a cost factor that he would rather not do pending future developments; however, he will do his best to develop solutions with the city. Benke felt the city agrees to be reasonable and yet meet its obli- gations. 5 Ayes - 0 Nayes, Motion Carried Kelley reviewed the staff report concerning the accreditation pro- cess for New Brighton's Police Department, noting the standards i ndi cate "what" ,but not II how" , thereby gi vi ng a great deal of local flexibility; knows five people who have gone through the process and they have volunteered to help New Brighton; and stated an added benefit would be the production of a valuable marketing tool. Accreditation Process for Police Department Report 87-93 Benke asked if the police staff is aware of the level of commit- ment; Kelley stated he had discussed this with most of the ser- geants, and a large number of officers (particularly those that do better at staff work than others); all have agreed to the commit- ment of going through the process, understand the value, and real- ize it is a national standard the department is trying to meet. In response to Benke1s inquiry, Kelley responded there may be some disruption but sees no major ones; one of the positive aspects is that practically the entire department gets involved in terms of input. Kelley agrees this is training experience of professional, growth; believes we can maintain street strength as it is. Gunderman, feeling good about being a first class city and believ- ing in the concept, asked about additional costs to meet the final accreditation; Kelley responded there will be some costs but he does not yet know what they might be (may be a budget request for a word processing system, the people he talks to says you can not go through the process without one because of the volume of writ- ing that has to be done; holding cells), but indicated part of the new building contains features which already meet the standards, and noted the city already meets 85% of the standards. Brandt expressed concerned about the collective bargaining (Chap- ters 22 and 23); Kelley stated certain things should be done and if, during any of the compliance, a particular concept is prohib- ited by state statute or by a collective bargaining agreement, the department asks for a waiver from the Commission.