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COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 2004 APPROVED 97 A. Consider Annual EDA Appointments • 98 99 Director of Administration Tesch summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval 100 of the recommendations. 101 102 Councilmember Carlson noted a clarification. She stated when she read the minutes where the EDA 103 appointments were discussed it says she clarified one term would be two years rather than three years. 104 She asked if when the motion is made it could say short-term rather than specifying one or two years 105 until the length of the term can be verified. 106 107 Councilmember Dahl moved to approve the Economic Development Authority Advisory Board 108 Appointments as recommended in the Staff report. Councilmember Carlson seconded the motion. 109 110 Motion carried unanimously. 111 112 B. Consider Conditional Offer of Employment to Shane Quinn for the Position of CSO 113 114 Director of Administration Tesch summarized the Staff report, noting the offer would be conditioned 115 upon successful completion of a background check. 116 117 Councilmember Reinert moved to direct Staff to make a conditional offer of employment to Mr. 118 Shane Quinn. Councilmember Dahl seconded the motion. 119 Aik120 Motion carried unanimously. W21 122 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT, DAVE PECCHIA 123 124 A. 2003 Annual Report 125 126 Police Chief Dave Pecchia indicated the report would be presented by Sergeant Steve Mortenson, 127 who is in his last two months of training. He thanked the City Council and the Staff of Lino Lakes 128 and the Police Department for help in putting together the report, and thanked the officers for keeping 129 the city safe. 130 131 Sergeant Steve Mortenson indicated he would touch on the highlights of the report. He stated the 132 police department changed the way they divided the city during 2003, using three sections, and three 133 teams of officers. He indicated part of the purpose of team placing is to strategize policing tactics in 134 each area. He stated the change is working well, and provides opportunity for more one on one with 135 citizens in each section. He indicated the department also focused on volunteerism. He stated they 136 developed a new Public Safety Citizen Committee consisting of eleven residents, which provides a 137 formal structure for citizens and officers to provide feedback. He indicated they have a volunteer 138 program in which they put out a flyer soliciting citizen help and had response right away. The 139 volunteers help with administrative items, sorting items in the property room and inventorying 140 equipment. 141 142 Sergeant Mortenson advised three officers helped teach D.A.R.E., personal safety and bike safety. He 143 stated they had 90 kids signed up for the bike safety class, which was a great success. He advised �44 several officers trained on child passenger safety, after which a clinic was held to train parents on how 3