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Mounds View City Council July 28, 2014 <br />Regular Meeting Page 13 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Gerald Kluthe, 7869 Greenwood Drive, provided comment on his pet, Bandit, noting he was a 2 <br />high priced show dog that cost his family $1,500. He reported his daughter has a number of 3 <br />championships for showing a previous dog. He discussed the incident in further detail with the 4 <br />Council and questioned why the Police Officer chose to shoot his dog versus using mace. It was 5 <br />his opinion that the Community Service Officer should have handled this matter and not the 6 <br />responding Police Officer. He recommended the police department provide its officers with 7 <br />proper animal control. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Mrs. Kluthe provided comment on the number of homes in America that owned pets and 10 <br />encouraged the police department to properly train its officers to handle pets. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Mayor Flaherty thanked Mr. and Mrs. Kluthe for their comments and hoped that Bandit made a 13 <br />full recovery. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Council Member Hull asked how the police officer involved in this incident was doing. Police 16 <br />Chief Kinney explained the officer has recovered but did sustain a bite. He apologized to the 17 <br />Kluthe family for the incident but explained the officer acted in a manner to protect himself. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Council Member Mueller was pleased that the officer had recovered. 20 <br /> 21 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Approve Payment of the Veterinarian Bills in an 22 <br />Amount not to exceed $7,000 to the Kluthe Family. 23 <br /> 24 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 25 <br /> 26 <br />12. Next Council Work Session: Monday, August 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. 27 <br />Next Council Meeting: Monday, August 11, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. 28 <br /> 29 <br />13. ADJOURNMENT 30 <br /> 31 <br />The meeting was adjourned at 10:40 p.m. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Transcribed by: 34 <br /> 35 <br />Heidi Guenther 36 <br />TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. 37