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Mounds View City Council Page 2 <br />• Regular Meeting March 20, 1995 <br />SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: <br />Consideration of Resolution No. 4736 Authorizing a Plan to Secure <br />a Dedicated D.A.R.E./Community Oriented Policing Vehicle from <br />Community Donations and Further Authorize an Interfund Account <br />Transfer <br />Mounds View Police Officer Tom Baumgart, the City's Drug Awareness <br />Resistance Education Officer, explained that Saturn Corporation of <br />St. Paul has provided the opportunity for the D.A.R.E. Program to <br />purchase a used vehicle valued at $15,000 through a special <br />promotional finance package. Saturn will contribute $5,000 and is <br />asking the City for a $5,000 down payment to be made by March 23. <br />Officer Baumgart said that approximately $1,000 has been received <br />in cash donations, leaving a balance of $4,000 still needed to meet <br />the down payment. Collectively, with everything available to <br />trade-in and sell, and with checks from local businesses that have <br />promised money, the D.A.R.E. Program will have approximately $6,300 <br />for the purchase of this vehicle. Baumgart anticipated that, after <br />further fund raising in the area, the remaining balance would be <br />secured by the November deadline. <br />Saturn Corporation needs to clear this vehicle off their books and <br />must either turn it over to the City or sell it outright; <br />therefore, the transfer of $4,000 is requested to meet the down <br />payment with the understanding that the funds will be repaid from <br />the anticipated donations. <br />MOTIONLSECOND: Quick/Trude to Adopt Resolution No. 4736 Approving <br />a Contingency Fund Transfer in the Amount of $4,000 to the Police <br />Crime Prevention Account to be Used for the Purchase of a Vehicle <br />for the D.A.R.E. Program <br />Councilmember Trude felt this was a wonderful opportunity to give <br />support to the D.A.R.E. Program, making it more visible in the <br />community. She commended Officer Baumgart for the initiative he <br />has taken in this matter. <br />Officer Baumgart said that Mounds View was setting an example for <br />other communities to follow in obtaining a vehicle for the Program. <br />VOTE: 5 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />Samantha Orduno, City Administrator, read the Consent Agenda as <br />follows: <br />