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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL JULY 11, 2012 CITY LETTERHEAD AMENDMENT TO ORGANIZED COLLECTION CONTRACT attorneys reported that the level of cases is down and felt that the contributing factor is the additional Ramsey County police patrol that the City has put on, especially at some of the apartment complexes. Beck also noted that the increased participation by the apartment complexes in screening tenants, etc. has helped. Beck and Kelly also reported that while their philosophy is not to go after everything with an iron fist, they do pursue domestic abuse cases aggressively working with the victim and victim's advocate to ensure these cases go to court. An important aspect of this is to build the record against the defendant so that any future domestic abuse convictions result in increased penalties. They also reported that the Ramsey County court system has done an excellent job in expediting these cases. With regard to DWI prosecution, Beck and Kelly reported that generally DWI cases are settled before going to trial and have an over 90% conviction rate. The Council asked if the City Attorney handles Little Canada cases exclusively. Beck and Kelly reported that the various city attorneys from White Bear Lake, Gem Lake, Little Canada, North Oaks, Arden Hills, and Shoreview handle arraignments for all these cities. Pre - trials and trails are handled by the city attorney for their respective city. Beck and Kelly reported that the city attorneys from these jurisdictions have niet and have agreed -upon standard guidelines that are utilized for arraignments. The Council thanked the City Attorneys for their report and expressed their appreciation for staying on top of domestic assault cases. The Council was glad to hear of the positive impact that the extra Sheriff's patrol is having. The City Administrator noted the previous discussion relative to the City logo used for the Wonders of Engineering Award for the Highway 36 /Rice Street project, and the apparent interest in updating the City's letterhead. The Administrator presented the current letterhead style as well as some options incorporating the revised logo. The consensus of the Council was to proceed with Option #1 which utilized the revised logo and block style lettering. The new letterhead will be implemented after the November election and once the existing stock of letterhead is depleted. The City Administrator presented an Amendment to the City's Organized Collection contract which changes Gene's Disposal from two -sort recycling to one -sort. Allied Waste and Waste Management utilize the one -sort system and support the contract change. The Administrator reported that Gene's has made the request for this change based on their 4