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Mounds View City Council July 14, 2014 Regular Meeting Page 2 Council Member Mueller commended the department for their safety measures. She explained 1 that Fire Chief Zikmund had recently been working with the League of Minnesota Cities 2 discussing the department’s safety record and low worker’s compensation cases. Fire Chief 3 Zikmund explained he had worked with retired Police Officer Rob Bo on a loss reduction 4 workshop for the League of Minnesota Cities. He commented he was also partnering with the 5 Minnesota Department of Health on an air-intake study. 6 7 Council Member Mueller asked who could be a part of the Fire Core. Fire Chief Zikmund 8 explained that any able bodied member of the community could join the Fire Core. He reported 9 the average age of the Fire Core was 50. 10 11 Mayor Flaherty requested further information on the location of the department’s fire stations. 12 Fire Chief Zikmund reviewed the location of each fire station and the number of volunteers 13 located at each station. 14 15 Mayor Flaherty questioned the response time to emergency calls for the fire department. Fire 16 Chief Zikmund indicated the fire department responded to calls during the day in six minutes and 17 in seven and half minutes with volunteers. 18 19 Council Member Meehlhause commented the Centennial Fire Department may be separating. 20 He asked if Fire Chief Zikmund had considered adding Lexington and Circle Pines to the joint 21 department. Fire Chief Zikmund indicated he had been contacted by the Centennial Fire 22 Department and he was hopeful the cities would be able to resolve their issues. He explained 23 that his department would not be willing to discuss a merger until their department had fully 24 dissolved. 25 26 Mayor Flaherty thanked Fire Chief Zikmund for his dedicated leadership to the City of Mounds 27 View and its residents. He looked forward to discussing the 2015 budget in further detail with 28 the Chief at a future meeting. He recommended the department publish the Annual Report to 29 their website. 30 31 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 32 A. 7:00 p.m. Public Hearing to Receive Public Input and Pass Upon Resolution 33 8277 Adopting a Special Assessment Levy for Unpaid Administrative Offense 34 Charges and Nuisance Abatement Charges. 35 36 Finance Director Mark Beer commented the City Charter requires 30-day notice for special 37 assessments prior to the amount being levied against a resident. He reported a $35 fee would 38 also be added to the assessment amount for administrative fees. He requested the Council hold a 39 public hearing, take comments and adopt a Special Assessment levy for unpaid administrative 40 offense charges and nuisance abatement charges. 41 42 Mayor Flaherty opened the public hearing at 7:38 p.m. 43 44 Hearing no public input, Mayor Flaherty closed the public hearing at 7:38 p.m. 45