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City Council Meeting Minutes April 18, 2022 Page 5 of 8 Councilmember Leh stated he supports the Equity Officer and the Risk Management Coordinator positions. He would like to explore setting something aside to be used more regularly for bonuses by the City Manager and HR to recognize great work. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney stated this is important but needs to be a holistic approach and we need to ensure we do pay equitably. The staff report notes a $280,000 financial impact, throw in the benefits and the four positions and the total is more than $1 million. He asked how that will be paid for going forward. He would like to see more data around that. He supports rethinking the organization to make it more effective including the Risk Management Position and the Equity Officer. Councilmember Dickinson stated his support for all four positions, and especially the Equity Officer. Councilmember Brown supports the Equity Officer and other positions, as well as the proposed adjustments to the pay structure. He would like future data to include race, gender, age, disability status, and if there is an impact on their compensation. Councilmember Fahey support all four positions as they are very important for different reasons and she voiced her support of increasing police retirement contributions to get it up to the neighboring community standards. Mayor Stolzmann proposed moving forward with bringing every employee to the minimum in the range and bringing back the four positions for further discussion during the budget amendment on how to pay for those positions going forward. Mayor Pro Tern Maloney would like more details to fully understand the costs. City Manager Jeff Durbin will bring back more data as well as long term costs of moving people to the new pay grades. RESOLUTION NO. 15, SERIES 2022 — A RESOLUTION APPROVING A SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK GROUP INC. FOR LICENSE PLATE DETECTION SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE — continued from 3115122 Louisville Police Chief Hayes stated that after the previous discussion of this staff got more information which is in the Council packet. He stated the technology is meant to be used specifically for addressing security concerns related to the Marshall Fire. Privacy concerns were mentioned last time. He stated those concerns were heard and he noted specifically that the Department can secure the data and doesn't share any data related to immigration. He stated there were some questions about "what if' scenarios. He believes those specific situations wouldn't happen here based on policies and training. Public Comments — None.