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COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 24, 2003 APPROVED 49 13717, $8,704.50) Approved • 50 51 B. Consider Approval of Application for Exempt Permit, St. Joseph Catholic Church 52 53 C. Consider Approval of Application for Exempt Permit, Northwest Family YMCA Raffle 54 55 OPEN MIKE 56 57 A. ACE Solid Waste Donation, Friends of the Park 58 59 Mr. Marty Aseleson indicated he was here with Friends of the Park to receive a donation from ACE 60 Solid Waste. He stated that in working with the people at ACE he really gets the feeling they want to 61 be a part of the city. He indicated they are always part of the spring clean-up the city conducts and 62 the haul away all of the collections, as well as participating in other volunteer projects. 63 64 Ms. Julie Rosenberg indicated that on behalf of ACE Solid Waste she was pleased to present a check 65 for $470.00 for 2002. Mr. Pat Huelman from Friends of the Park thanked ACE for the donation to 66 help augment their funds for park equipment and expressed his appreciation for all their help. 67 68 B. Quad Cities Police Department Proposal, Linda Waite Smith 69 70 City Administrator Waite Smith indicated she was here with the Administrators from Lexington, 71 Circle Pines and Centerville to present information for a Quad Cities Police Department to the • 72 Council and to introduce the idea to the public. She stated there will be a public hearing on this 73 matter on April 14, with discussion at the Council Work Session on April 9, and they are hoping a 74 decision will be made on whether to move forward with this idea. She introduced Mike Delmont 75 from Lexington, Jim Keinath from Circle Pines and Kim Moore -Sykes from Centerville. 76 77 Mr. Delmont indicated his part of this presentation was to correct some erroneous information the 78 Council may have heard. He stated the City Administrators are not promoting a joint Police 79 Department, they have simply put together information for each of the four City Councils, but no 80 proposal has been made as the newspaper article indicated. He stated a joint Police Department will 81 not save $550,000 for each city, but from the information they have gathered would save that amount 82 overall. He indicated it will be up to the Councils to review the information and they may wish to 83 change some of the formulas, which would change the savings amount as well. 84 85 Mr. Keinath explained the formulas, stating that a number of factors could be included; however the 86 Administrators chose Part 1 and 2 crimes, population, and valuation to determine which percent each 87 city will pay. He indicated the recommendation per capita was $130.00, which was used to determine 88 the budget. He advised that on the draft budget, they did not start with the number of staff, but rather 89 took the available money and subtracted the known expenses, then used the remaining dollars for 90 staff. He stated the balance between community service officers and sworn officers would need to be 91 determined. He indicated there were some changes since the Council last saw the budget, and this 92 was just to give the Council and the public a general sense of their thoughts. He stated the next 93 spreadsheet is revenue, which would be available to the department to provide services. 94 • 95 Councilmember Carlson stated the draft budget does not reflect savings realized if Centennial Lakes 96 Police doesn't have to fund a new building. Mr. Keinath explained that if other cities were to 2