02-10-25 - Council Work Session Minutes

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and Public Services both trained and prepared for management of any responses requiring 24-hour staffing. The Interim City Administrator reported that the police department had an all staff meeting on February 5tn, held by the Interim Public Safety Director and the Interim Fire Chief is planning to hold a similar meeting for the Fire Department on February 18tn The Interim City Administrator stated that the Public Safety Department now has a flat organizational chart. He stated that it is planned to continue that way with final changes to the organizational chart, with the Citygate mid -point report recently presented and the final report pending. He stated that the Interim Public Safety Director is working on an organizational chart. The Council will be presented with options including costs, when the final Citygate report is presented. The Fire Department will also develop a three-year plan for staffing, including options with costs for the consideration of the Council at the time the Citygate final report is presented. He noted that because the city has a finite amount of money the costs will be presented with each staffing option. The Council asked about emergency management training. The Interim City Administrator stated that the City completed staff level training in 2024 on crisis communications. A consultant was contracted to provide the training. He stated that Anoka County has offered to assist the city with putting together an in-house training program for the City Council. He supported the development of an in-house training program. He stated that because emergency management is an important role, he wanted the Council to meet the appointed representative and to then move forward with the development of the training program. 5. Adjournment Mayor Rafferty adjourned the meeting at 6:32 p.m. These minutes were approved at the regular Council Meeting on February 24, 2025. Roberta Colotti, CIVIC R b R ferty, City Clerk Mayor Page 3 of 3