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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION OCTOBER 8, 2003 APPROVED 1 Councilmember Dahl inquired about the yearly maintenance costs. Chief Pecchia 2 advised yearly maintenance costs would be approximately $8,800 including overtime 3 costs, veterinary services and food for the canine. 4 5 Mayor Bergeson asked if the canine would go out on routine calls. Chief Pecchia stated 6 the canine would go out on daily calls. The canine sniffing a stopped car for drugs would 7 give the officer probable cause for a search. The canine would have a regular work 8 schedule. 9 10 Chief Pecchia stated he would make a recommendation to the Council after the 11 department goes out into the community to solicit funds. 12 13 It was the consensus of the Council to direct Chief Pecchia to further investigate the 14 canine program and solicit funds for the program. 15 16 Chief Pecchia referred to a draft multiple -call ordinance. He indicated the City Attorney 17 is reviewing the ordinance. The multiple -call ordinance is similar to the alarm ordinance. 18 Staff is recommending a $250 fine for three or more multiple nuisance calls. He noted 19 what type of calls are considered nuisance calls. 20 21 Mayor Bergeson inquired about the fine amount. Chief Pecchia stated that generally on 22 this type of call, multiple cars are necessary. Staff determined the costs involved with 23 responding to this type of call and determined a fine of $250 is appropriate. Other 24 communities also have their fine set at $250 also. He noted medical calls would not fall 25 into this category. 26 27 Mayor Bergeson expressed concern regarding the pet aspect of the ordinance. Chief 28 Pecchia advised there are provisions in the ordinance stating an officer has to verify the 29 complaint. 30 31 Chief Pecchia advised the draft ordinance would come before the Council for action at a 32 future City Council meeting. 33 34 Chief Pecchia referred to the possibility of administrative fines indicating the goal is to 35 save costs. Staff looked at the citations and costs associated from January to September 36 of this year. The City could cut some costs but the state would lose revenue. The 37 legislature has indicated administrative fines are not against the law at this time. 38 However, the legislatures will make the fines against the law at the next legislative 39 session. Staff feels that at this time it is not appropriate to establish administrative fines. 40 The City should continue with the county tags. 41 42 2004-2005 STREET RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, MICHAEL GROCHALA, 43 JIM STUDENSKI 44 45 Community Development Director Grochala advised the improvement hearing for the 46 2004-2005 road reconstruction projects would be held Monday night. A public hearing 47 will be held for the West Shadow Lake Drive area as well as the Shenandoah area. No 48 action is required other than opening and closing the public hearing. After the public