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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION March 28, 2011 APPROVED CITY OF LINO LAKES 2 MINUTES 3 4 DATE : March 28, 2010 5 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 6 TIME ENDED : 6:25 p.m. 7 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Member O'Donnell, 8 Rafferty, Roeser and Mayor Reinert 9 MEMBERS ABSENT : Council Member Gallup 10 11 12 Staff members present: City Administrator Jeff Karlson; Community Development 13 Director Mike Grochala; Environmental Coordinator Marty Asleson; Centennial Fire 14 Chief Jerry Streich; Director of Public Safety Kent Strege; City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 A) Anoka County Public Safety Records System - Present for the discussion were: 17 Tony Palumbo, Anoka County Attorney and Chair of the Anoka County Joint Law 18 Enforcement Council; James Stewart, Anoka County Sheriff; Kate McPherson, Anoka 19 County Attorney's Office; Chris Olson; Jerry Streich, Centennial Fire District Chief. 20 Lino Lakes Police Chief Kent Strege noted that the idea the council will be reviewing is 21 to move forward with a needed project that will allow public safety data sharing across 22 Anoka County. 23 24 Sheriff Stewart noted that his office looks forward to partnering with the city at any time 25 and specifically he is excited about the prospect of this project that will improve public 26 safety communications and records management. 27 28 Fire Chief Streich added that he supports the proposed system that would be a 29 collaborative effort between police and fire operations. Currently there is no records 30 management sharing system for fire departments within the county, a problem that would 31 be addressed through this project. 32 33 Mr. Palumbo noted the collaborative work of the joint law enforcement council over the 34 past forty plus years. He explained collaboration that occurs through the communications 35 center operation that the county runs. The joint council has worked to coordinate records 36 systems, training and investigation work throughout the county. The joint council is 37 seeking a resolution of support for the funding mechanism that Anoka County and the 38 joint council would put forth to fund this project. The proposal is to amend the current 39 800 mhz funding authority to sell bonds for this effort; the 800 mhz funding would be 40 complete when this comes forward and this effort would be less costly. He noted several 41 state legislators that have signed onto the bill in a bipartisan effort to accomplish the 42 funding proposed. 43 44 The council viewed a seven minute video explaining the project. 45