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1 <br />COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 12, 1995 <br />DISCUSSION OF POLICING SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF CENTERVILLE <br />Mr. Schumacher explained that at the Council work session on <br />Wednesday, the City Council was made aware that the City of <br />Centerville was in the process of negotiating into a long term <br />commitment with the Circle -Lex Police Department. Currently the <br />City of Centerville is under contract to the Circle -Lex Police <br />Department but they are negotiating to become a member of this <br />department which would mean a long term commitment. The City of <br />Centerville has representatives, Mary Jo Helmbrecht and Mayor <br />Wilharber who are doing the negotiations with the Circle -Lex <br />Police Department. Their next meeting is June 19, 1995. <br />At the Council work session, Mr. Schumacher was directed to call <br />the Centerville City Administrator, Roger Winberg and see if the <br />City of Centerville would be interested in obtaining a bid from <br />the Lino Lakes Police Department to supply police service to the <br />City of Centerville under a contract. Mr. Winberg indicated that <br />the City of Centerville had a meeting this evening and he would <br />discuss this matter with Ms. Helmbrecht and Mr. Wilharber to see <br />what their feelings are about entertaining a proposal from the <br />Lino Lakes Police Department for their consideration. Mr. <br />Winberg thought it made sense to see what service Lino Lakes <br />could provide and liked the idea of having a couple of proposals <br />to review. He said if there is interest, he would let Mr. <br />Schumacher know so that a proposal could be prepared and <br />forwarded to the City of Centerville. Mr. Schumacher also asked <br />Mr. Winberg to let him know "up front" if Centerville was not <br />interested in another proposal so that time would not be wasted <br />on the preparation of a proposal. Mr. Winberg will let Mr. <br />Schumacher know what happens at their meeting this evening. <br />Mayor Reinert noted that the Lino Lakes Police Department <br />submitted a proposal for police service to the City of <br />Centerville last year and although the Lino Lakes proposal was <br />considerably lower than the other proposal, the City of <br />Centerville did continue their contract with the Circle -Lex <br />Police Department. Mr. Schumacher felt that the City of <br />Centerville would want to compare the level of service that the <br />Lino Lakes Police Department is proposing and then compare the <br />costs. <br />Council Member Bergeson explained that one of the reasons for not <br />accepting the Lino Lakes proposal last year was that the Lino <br />Lakes Police Department has a slightly different style of <br />policing than Centerville is getting from the Circle -Lex Police <br />Department. Chief Pecchia indicated at the work session that he <br />was in a position to give Centerville a proposal on either style <br />of policing. It appears that Lino Lakes could accommodate either <br />PAGE 13 <br />