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' AAP [14 Mounds View City Council Page 5 Regular Meeting April 10, 1995 1 Jay Klaphake, on behalf of the St. Paul - Ramsey County ASSIST 2 Coalition, congratulated the Council for their adoption of the 3 Ordinance. He advised that the Ordinance which had just been 4 adopted was at risk of being eliminated by a bill before the 5 legislature which was sponsored by the tobacco industry and 6 retailers. 7 8 B. Consideration of Resolution No. 4744 Authorizing the Police 9 Civil Service Commission to Begin the Hiring Process for One 10 Police Officer as a Result of the Award of the COP FAST Grant 11 12 Police Lieutenant Dave Brick explained that the City of Mounds 13 View was awarded a grant to hire an additional police officer 14 as a result of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 15 Act of 1994 . The grant, known as the COP FAST grant, provides 16 for a maximum federal contribution of 75% of the salary and 17 benefits of each officer hired. The grant would be for a 18 three-year period, after which time there would be the 19 possibility of the new officer filling a vacant position 20 created by a retirement on the police force. 21 22 Councilmember Hankner inquired what the specific duties of the 23 new officer would be, if one were hired. 24 25 Lieut. Brick replied that the new officer would be trained for 26 duties primarily in the area of crime prevention. 27 28 Hankner clarified that the new officer would be hired with the 29 assumption that this position would be for a three-year 30 period. There would be an understanding that no long-term 31 commitment could be made for the position. 32 33 Councilmember Blanchard expressed concern regarding the 34 possibility that funding for this program could be cut. She 35 stressed the fact that she was not opposed to the hiring of 36 another police officer, but felt the funding for the position 37 should be more certain than it presently is. 38 39 Hankner said she was in favor of starting the process to 40 search for a candidate to fill the position. 41 42 Mayor Linke explained that by adopting Resolution No. 4744 , 43 Council would be authorizing the Civil Service Commission to 44 begin the hiring process for one officer, but would not be 45 doing the actual hiring at this time. 46 47 Councilmember Quick stated that, although all of the ideas 48 presented on this issue were good ones, he shared the concerns 49 expressed by Councilmember Blanchard. He felt the process of