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1972-054 OrdinanceORDINANCE N0. ~ 972 - 54 Offered by Councilman Bartlestone AUTHORIZING A PROFESSIONAL STUDY TO BE MADE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES, DESIGNATING CONSULTANTS TO MAK'E SUCH STUDY, PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT FOR SERVICES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRLAWN: Section 1. The Council finds that to maintain and improve the Police Services of the City, the services of a professional con- sultant are required to survey the operations of the Police Department and make recommendations thereon. Section2. Eastman Middleton Associates, Inc., of Kent, Ohio, a corporation providing public management services, is qualified and willing to furnish the services required for ~ fee of $6000.00. Section 3. The Mayor is authorized to enter into a contract for ser- vices with Eastman Middleton Associates, Inc., whereunder said corporation will, inter alia: ~) Analyze the organizstion~ the police department and develop plans of organization to cope most effectively with the particular problems of Fsirlawn, to provide maxi- mum utilization of facilities, and to establish clear patterns of authority and responsibility for line, staff, and auxiliary functions. b) Analyze present personnel practices with respect to recruitment, training, probation, promotion, discipline, condi- tions of service,, hours of work, overtime, and vacation and other leaves, end formulate a detailed program of improvement in personnel policies and practices. c) Develop recommendations for improvement of patrol, criminal investigation, traffic, and other police services and operations. d) Develop recommendations for police records and communications which will provide effective control over operations and permit analyses of police incidents and causes of law violations. e) Make a supplemental review and report one year following completion of original report. All services (except those in item e), above, are to be rendered and report presented to the Council and the Mayor within 90 days after contract is :signed, which shall be on or before February 28, 1972. The contract shell provide for payment as follows: $2000.00 at the end of the first calendar month in which work begins, $1000.00 at the end of each of the next two calendar months, and the balance within 30 days after report is submitted. ORDINANCE No. ~ 972-54 (continued) Page 2 Section 4. Payment of consultant' s compensation shall be from funds already appropriated by 0rd~ance No. ~972-39 in the B-4 account. Section 5. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary to the public peace and safety of the City and its inha.bitants for the reason that un- less the selected consultants can promptly begin their work, their necessary services will be una.vailable for an indefinite and unreasonably extended period of time, and it shall therefore be in ~ force and effect from and after its enactment. P~ssed FEB 7 1~72 1972 William F. Reed Cle~rk of Council , Mayor 1972 /" 'Jos~ph ,~P. Sansonetti P~si~nt of Council Approved as to form: Douglas~ ~or of Law I, William F. Reed, Clerk of Council of the City of Fairlawn, ~,mmtt County, Ohio, do hereby certify that the foregoing 'Ordinance No. 1972-54 was duly and regularly passed by the Council at ~ Regular Meeting on Febr~ry 7, 1972. William F. Reed, Clerk of Council