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Mounds View City Council November 13, 2012 <br />Regular Meeting Page 6 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Stigney/Gunn. To Approve the October 8, 2012, City Council meeting 2 <br />minutes as corrected. 3 <br /> 4 <br /> Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 5 <br /> 6 <br />11. REPORTS 7 <br />A. Reports of Mayor and Council. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Acting Mayor Mueller stated on Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. the Ramsey League 10 <br />of Local Government would be holding a meeting to recognize outgoing officials. The meeting 11 <br />would be held at the Hilton Garden Inn in Shoreview. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Acting Mayor Mueller commented on November 14, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. City Hall in the 14 <br />Conference Room the Festival in the Park committee would be meeting. She encouraged all 15 <br />interested to attend the meeting. 16 <br /> 17 <br />City Administrator Ericson indicated the Charter Commission would be meeting November 14, 18 <br />2012 at 7:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers. He noted the Charter Commission was in need of 19 <br />volunteers. 20 <br /> 21 <br /> B. Reports of Staff. 22 <br />1. Third Quarter Finance Department Report. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Finance Director Beer reviewed the Third Quarter Finance Department report with the Council in 25 <br />detail. He noted the City received LGA in July of this year and anticipated a second half 26 <br />payment in December. He explained franchise payments were down slightly this year but fines 27 <br />and penalties were up. He discussed revenues and expenses for the community center over the 28 <br />past year. It was noted the four utility funds were operating under budget. He then reviewed the 29 <br />items the Finance Department would be working on during the fourth quarter. 30 <br /> 31 <br />2. Third Quarter Police Department Report. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Police Chief Kinney discussed the Third Quarter Police Department Report with the Council in 34 <br />detail. He noted arrests were up significantly from last year due to the great enforcement work 35 <br />by the City’s officers. He indicated theft and fraud were again the top two crime classifications 36 <br />for Mounds View. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Police Chief Kinney reviewed the recent training events attended by the officers. He explained 39 <br />the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department provided crime scene training to the City’s 40 <br />investigators. He discussed the K-9 cases in the last quarter noting there were 21 deployments. 41 <br />He indicated Niko was a huge asset to the department and at this time, were completing narcotics 42 <br />training. 43 <br /> 44