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• • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 18, 2004 APPROVED 1 2 3 CITY OF LINO LAKES 4 MINUTES 5 6 7 8 DATE : February 18, 2004 9 TIME STARTED : 5:35 p.m. 10 TIME ENDED : 9:25 p.m. 11 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson, Dahl, Reinert, 12 Stoltz and Mayor Bergeson 13 MEMBERS ABSENT : None 14 15 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development 16 Director, Michael Grochala; City Engineer, Jim Studenski; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; 17 and Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia (part) 18 19 20 POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 21 22 Chief Pecchia advised he distributed a draft copy of the Annual Police Report several 23 weeks ago. He noted that since that time, Officer McCarth and Officer Hagar earned 24 YSB Trudeau honors. He distributed a copy of a newspaper article relating to the honors. 25 26 Chief Pecchia stated the police department had a 5% increase in calls for service in 2003. 27 The department has also spent a lot of time on starting a volunteer program and chaplain 28 program. The department has four employees that are trained in child safety seats. The 29 department has offered citizens clinics to make sure residents know how to properly 30 install a child safety seat. The department has also been involved in an Active Threat 31 Response Training Program, which is open to local businesses. The department has split 32 the City into three team areas enabling the officers to get to know residents in their area 33 and share information. 34 35 Chief Pecchia reviewed the Annual Report noting a presentation would be made at the 36 Monday night Council meeting. A copy of the report will also be available in the 37 Citizen's Library for residents who would like to review the report. 38 39 Chief Pecchia advised the 2004 goals for the department include emergency management, 40 volunteerism and traffic. He indicated he would like to be sure the department's goals are 41 consistent with the Council's direction. 42 43 Councilmember Dahl inquired about the use of defibrillators in schools. Chief Pecchia 44 stated the Centennial Fire Department has outfitted all the schools with that equipment 45 and is working on getting them in at major retailers. 46 47 Councilmember Reinert asked if occasionally some of the officers come out of their team 48 area. Chief Pecchia advised officers are not limited to their team area. During the day, 49 the City is split in two for patrolling. Officers are only focused on their team area when