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Mounds View City Council April 26, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 10 Deputy Police Chief Kinney noted the City hosted a Ramsey County Traffic Safety Saturation 1 Initiative event on March 26, 2010. He indicated 29 officers within the County stopped 400 2 vehicles in an eight hour period in the City and the next event is scheduled for July. It was 3 reported that Officer Greg Neumann was hired February 1, 2010, and is nearing the completion 4 of his field training period. 5 6 Council Member Mueller asked how unwelcomed text messages should be addressed. Deputy 7 Police Chief Kinney indicated the phone carrier should be contacted and immediate threats 8 should be brought to the attention of the police department. 9 10 Council Member Mueller questioned how the slight increase in overtime would be covered by 11 the budget. Deputy Police Chief Kinney stated the Night Cap events would be reimbursed 12 quarterly by the County. 13 14 Mayor Flaherty asked the Chief about the rising instances of arrests. Deputy Police Chief Kinney 15 noted there was more traffic action on behalf of the department which has created more arrests. 16 17 2. Finance Department Quarterly Report. 18 19 Finance Director Beer presented the Finance Department first quarter report. He noted the 20 general fund has taken in 3.6% of the budgeted revenues for the year in the first quarter. The 21 second quarter would see increased revenues due to property taxes. The City would need to 22 maintain a revenue balance until that the property taxes were collected. 23 24 Finance Director Beer explained the Chamber of Commerce has moved and the City was seeking 25 a new tenant. He was not optimistic this space would be filled quickly given the state of the 26 economy. 27 28 Finance Director Beer noted the State Legislature was still in session and the LGA issues have 29 not been resolved. Staff was beginning to plan for the 2011 budget and understood LGA funds 30 would continue to decrease along with the five-year financial plan. He reported the City received 31 a bond increase rating from Moody’s. The street financing plan has been reviewed and the City 32 could complete the City streets by 2015 by combining G and H. 33 34 Council Member Mueller asked if the City had considered offering low interest loans to 35 homeowners to assist with the current financial crisis. Finance Director Beer indicated this 36 would be a risk the City could not take on at this time. Mayor Flaherty agreed that this may not 37 be the best time for the City to assume such a risk and explained there were other organizations 38 available to assist with financial support for homeowners. 39 40 3. Totino’s Italian Kitchen – Voluntary Surrender of Liquor License. 41 42 Assistant Clerk-Administrator Crane advised that Totino’s Italian Kitchen has been delinquent in 43 payment of its liquor sales taxes since September 2009. Non-payment of liquor taxes prevents 44 active liquor establishments from purchasing liquor, beer, or wine to resell. She noted that 45