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A survey of 19 suburban u-
nicipalities of an emergency.
nicippalities compiled by the city City -owned vehicles are
of Shoreview shows Maplewood counted as an employe fringe
owns the highest number of ye- benefit in some communities,
t,o take home overnight or on.provided to city employes while in others they are not offi-
weekends.
cially considered as a personal
weekkends.
Shoreview recently decided to financial benefit. .. The following metropolitan
reduce the number of vehicles it area suburbs provide a fulltime
allows its employes to take city vehicle to their chief admin-
home.MAPLEWOOD, according to Park, Edina, Minnetonka,istrators: Bloomington, St. Louis
the Shoreview survey, has nine Brooklyn Center, Coon Rapids,
take-home vehicles. However,
City Manager Michael Miller Crystal, Maplewood, Plymouth,
Cottage Grove, St. Anthony,
said that figure has been cut to Shoreview, Apple Valley,
seven, and includes vehicles for Woodbury, Chanhassen and St.
the city's public works director, Paul Park.
police chief, fire chief, public
works superintendent, recrea- Other communities provide
tion director, city manager and their administrators with a flat
city planner. pay rate for using their own ve-
Miller said the logic behind hides, includipg Richfield, $120
the take-home vehicles is that per month; Brooklyn Park, $100
many of the employes are re- per month; Roseville, $120 per
quired to attend evening meet- month; Fridley, $1,750.per year;
Ings connected with their jobs, New Hope, $50 per month;
'and virtually all are on 24-hour CGoolden l u m all a Heights, r per
:all.
Maplewood's estima ed popu- month; Mendota Heights, $130
iation is a little over 29,000. per month; Lakeville, $135 per
ROSEVILLE, with an estimat- month; Wayzata, $1.80 per day;
>d population of more than and Oakdale,$50 per month.
39,000, provides four take-home Other administrators are paid
vehicles, .for the city engineer, by the mile for the use of their
`ire marshal, recreation director personal car,,with rates ranging
and assistant recreation director. from a low of 10 cents per mile
Again, City Manager James in Mounds View and Forest
Andre said, those employes of- Lake to a top of 17.7 cents per
Len do city work after regular mile in Hopkins.