Laserfiche WebLink
Mounds View City Council January 8, 2018 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br />Carl Spande, 5219 Irondale Road, thanked the Council for their time and stated he fully <br />supported the project. He believed the proposed apartments would greatly benefit local <br />businesses, such as Moe’s. He explained he was a gun owner and has frequented other gun <br />ranges. He stated he was not afraid for his four kids that the proposed gun range would bring <br />about an active shooter. He encouraged Mounds View residents to look at the members in their <br />community who already own guns and would be using this gun range. He stated at this time <br />those gun owners are driving outside of the community to spend their money. He indicated he <br />had more fear of his kids getting a concussion playing sports than there being a gun problem in <br />the community. <br /> <br />Mary Kay Walsh-Kaczmarek, 8345 Pleasant View Drive, wished the Council a Happy New <br />Year. She stated the Council could not predict the best or worst case scenario that could occur at <br />the gun range. However, she encouraged the Council to consider the risks to the community. <br />She feared that the market rate apartments would not be filled given the fact it was located next <br />to a gun range and therefore their value would decrease. She questioned what the benefit of the <br />proposed development would be to the City. She stated Mounds View was a residential <br />community that should not be pursuing gun culture that was already too perverse in the United <br />States. She was of the opinion the City would be repeating the same mistake that had been made <br />with Medtronic. She indicated the gun range was a redundancy and noted other ranges were <br />available in Spring Lake Park, Blaine and Otsego. She believed there was a dichotomy of views <br />as to what Mounds View should be and she encouraged the Council to keep the City focused on <br />its strong schools and being residential in nature. <br /> <br />Mayor Mueller thanked the public for their comments. <br /> <br />Mayor Mueller recessed the City Council meeting at 7:23 p.m. <br /> <br />Mayor Mueller reconvened the City Council meeting at 7:26 p.m. <br /> <br />9. COUNCIL BUSINESS <br />A. Resolution 8887, Differential Pay for Patrol Officer David and Development <br />of Policy. <br /> <br />City Administrator Zikmund requested the Council approve a pay differential for Patrol Officer <br />David and the development of a policy. He explained Patrol Officer David recently received <br />extended deployment papers which led to a differential pay discussion. He noted the HR <br />Committee discussed this matter and was recommending differential pay for four to five months <br />or until she is released from the deployment. Staff also recommended the drafting of a policy to <br />further address this issue. He noted this item would be discussed further at their February work <br />session meeting. <br /> <br />Mayor Mueller noted Officer Sarah David would be deployed from January 16, 2018 through <br />May 15, 2018. She reported the City must keep her position open for her but was not required to <br />pay differential wages. However, after discussions were held by the Human Resources <br />Committee a recommendation was being made to pay differential pay.