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Corrections/Revisions made by Councilmembers Mueller and Gunn, City Administrator Ericson and PW Director DeBar PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW CITY COUNCIL 1 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW 2 RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA 3 4 Regular Meeting 5 September 12, 2011 6 Mounds View City Hall 7 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 8 7:00 P.M. 9 10 11 1. MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER 12 13 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 14 15 3. ROLL CALL: Flaherty, Stigney, Hull, Mueller, Gunn. 16 17 NOT PRESENT: None. 18 19 4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 20 A. Monday, September 12, 2011, City Council Agenda. 21 22 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Hull. To Approve the Monday, September 12, 2011, agenda as 23 presented. 24 25 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 26 27 5. PUBLIC INPUT 28 29 John Kroeger, 8280 Pleasant View Drive, spoke to the Council regarding a K9 unit within the 30 City of Mounds View. He understood that a grant was available from the City of St. Paul to 31 assist with the expense and suggested the Council move forward with the K9 unit as this would 32 be valuable asset to the Police Department and the community. 33 34 Mayor Flaherty indicated the grant would cover one third of the K9 expense. The community 35 would have to come together to assist with fundraising the additional expense. He felt the K9 36 unit would greatly benefit the community. The Council has not taken any action on the item to 37 date and would continue to pursue additional funding. 38 39 Police Chief Kinney stated neighboring communities have held fundraisers to assist with the 40 expense of a K9 unit. He indicated he would assist with coordinating this task if someone from 41 the community was interested in spearheading the initiative. 42 43 Mayor Flaherty encouraged residents that supported the K9 unit to call City Hall to voice their 44 support. He recommended this item be added to the September 26th Council agenda. 45