ARLINGTON — As part of its ongoing streamlining, the Arlington Police Department has proposed consolidating the duties formerly assigned to several other positions into a single police services manager.

Deputy Police Chief Jonathan Ventura explained to the Arlington City Council April 11 that human resources personnel are still determining a salary range for such a position.

“Typically, we look at comparable positions elsewhere,” Ventura said. “The problem here is, we’re combining a lot of different types of roles into one position.”

The proposed position would be charged with managing and overseeing records, evidence, public records, accreditation and training, among other duties.

“Everyone at the department has to wear more than one hat now,” Ventura said.

The first phase of police department reorganization eliminated all three commanders, who had overseen patrol and administrative operations, in February of 2015.

The work done by the commanders was consolidated into the deputy chief position that was created at that time.

Some tasks were delegated down to police sergeants, including fleet management.

But the majority of the work being proposed for the police services manager was done by the police services supervisor who left the city in January.

“This provided us with an opportunity to look at how the work on the administrative and support side of the department was allocated,” said Kristin Banfield, director of human resources and communications for the city.

She added: “We have determined that taking the body of work in the police services supervisor position, and consolidating administrative support functions that were spread throughout the department, including some by the current deputy chief, will best address the situation.”

Ventura placed the position above an entry-level commissioned officer, but below a top-level sergeant.

He promised councilwoman Jesica Stickles that a full job description would be available before the council’s next meeting April 18.

Ventura also assured councilman Mike Hopson that this shouldn’t result in a net increase in personnel.

He added that the impact to the budget would likely be no more than an additional $25,000, which would not affect the city budget until 2017.