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Mounds View City Council May 27, 2014 <br />Regular Meeting Page 10 <br /> <br />Council Member Gunn commented the robotics team attended State and for the second year in a 1 <br />row have won the State tournament. 2 <br /> 3 <br />Council Member Meehlhause noted he attended the Twin Cities Gateway board meeting last 4 <br />week where Steve Markuson’s contract was extended another year, the budget was now up to $1 5 <br />million, and it was reported hotel revenues were up from last year. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Mayor Flaherty stated $29 million in a recent State bonding bill was earmarked for TCAAP 8 <br />infrastructure. He discussed the work that would be completed with these funds. He suggested 9 <br />that the City continue to request funding from MnDOT for new signage for County Highway 10. 10 <br /> 11 <br />Mayor Flaherty indicated Cor Wilson and Barbara Haake would be present at the June work 12 <br />session meeting to discuss the cable franchise. 13 <br /> 14 <br /> B. Reports of Staff. 15 <br />1. Police Department Quarterly Report 16 <br /> 17 <br />Police Chief Kinney provided the Council with a summary of first quarter activities for the 18 <br />Mounds View Police Department. He reviewed a number of statistics noting arrests in the City 19 <br />have decreased, while medical calls and traffic accidents were on the rise. He reported that all 20 <br />other crimes had remained stable. It was noted the School Resource Officer remained busy at 21 <br />Edgewood Middle School and Pinewood has requested a greater police presence for school 22 <br />events. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Police Chief Kinney commented Niko had been recertified this year for narcotics detection. He 25 <br />indicated DARE instruction began in January for all 5th Grade students at Pinewood. He 26 <br />explained Officer Jeff Martin has successfully completed his training and was now on solo 27 <br />patrol. 28 <br /> 29 <br />City Administrator Ericson reviewed the items that would be discussed by the Council at the 30 <br />June work session meeting. 31 <br /> 32 <br />Finance Director Beer indicated he attended a number of educational finance sessions at the 33 <br />National Government Finance Officers Association last week. 34 <br /> 35 <br />C. Reports of City Attorney. 36 <br /> 37 <br />City Attorney Schaftel had nothing additional to report. 38 <br /> 39 <br />12. Next Council Work Session: Monday, June 2, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. 40 <br />Next Council Meeting: Monday, June 9, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. 41