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• <br />Mounds View City Council <br />Regular Meeting <br />Page 5 <br />April 10, 1995 <br />Jay Klaphake, on behalf of the St. Paul - Ramsey County ASSIST <br />Coalition, congratulated the Council for their adoption of the <br />Ordinance. He advised that the Ordinance which had just been <br />adopted was at risk of being eliminated by a bill before the <br />legislature which was sponsored by the tobacco industry and <br />retailers. <br />B. Consideration of Resolution No. 4744 Authorizincr the Police <br />Civil Service Cammission to Begin the Hirinci Process for One <br />Police Officer as a Result of the Award of the COP FAST Grant <br />Police Lieutenant Dave Brick explained that the City of Mounds <br />View was awarded a grant to hire an additional police officer <br />as a result of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement <br />Act of 1994. The grant, known as the COP FAST grant, provides <br />for a maximum federal contribution of 750 of the salary and <br />benefits of each officer hired. The grant would be for a <br />three-year period, after which time there would be the <br />possibility of the new officer filling a vacant position <br />created by a retirement on the police force. <br />t <br />Councilmember Hankner inquired what the specific duties of the <br />new officer would be, if one were hired. <br />Lieut. Brick replied that the new officer would be trained for <br />duties primarily in the area of crime prevention. <br />Hankner clarified that the new officer would be hired with the <br />assumption that this position would be for a three-year <br />period. There would be an understanding that no long-term <br />commitment could be made for the position. <br />Councilmember Blanchard expressed concern regarding the <br />possibility that funding for this program could be cut. She <br />stressed the fact that she was not opposed to the hiring of <br />another police officer, but felt the funding for the position <br />should be more certain than it presently is. <br />Hankner said she was in favor of starting the process to <br />search for a candidate to fill the position. <br />Mayor Linke explained that by adopting Resolution No. 4744, <br />Council would be authorizing the Civil Service Commission to <br />begin the hiring process for one officer, but would not be <br />doing the actual hiring at this time. <br />~J <br />Councilmember Quick stated that, although all of the ideas <br />presented on this issue were good ones, he shared the concerns <br />expressed by Councilmember Blanchard. He felt the process of <br />