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Mounds View City Council November 13, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 7 <br /> <br /> 2. Review Charter Commission Correspondence 1 <br /> 2 <br />Interim City Administrator Ericson explained that the Charter Commission has asked that 3 <br />Council review the letter relating to charter language for potential changes or clarifications. 4 <br />Interim Administrator Ericson reviewed the language concerns with the Council. 5 <br /> 6 <br />Council agreed to a joint meeting or work session with the Charter Commission to discuss the 7 <br />issues raised. 8 <br /> 9 <br /> 3. Police Department Quarterly Report 10 <br /> 11 <br />Chief Sommer reviewed the statistical information from his quarterly report. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Council Member Mueller asked where the gun safety course was held. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Chief Sommer said he was not sure if it was at City Hall or the Community Center but said that 16 <br />12 to 15 students attended. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Council Member Mueller asked Staff to put information in the Mounds View Matters on the 19 <br />spring training. She then asked Staff to post the police information on the website. 20 <br /> 21 <br />Council Member Flaherty indicated that there was a spike in DWI arrests and he is wondering 22 <br />what that is attributed to. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Chief Sommer indicated that this is due to additional training and enforcement and an increased 25 <br />emphasis on the serious issue with drinking and driving. 26 <br /> 27 <br /> 4. Finance Department Quarterly Report 28 <br /> 29 <br />Finance Director Beer provided an overview of the quarterly financial report for Council. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Council Member Mueller asked about residential property taxes and what happens to those on 32 <br />homes that are vacant or foreclosed upon. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Finance Director Beer explained that no taxes are paid until the home is sold and the taxes caught 35 <br />up. 36 <br /> 37 <br /> 5. Library Fiber Optic 38 <br /> 39 <br />Finance Director Beer explained that the up front money was able to be increased to $8,500. 40 <br />Staff provided a draft of the agreement for Council review. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Acting Mayor Stigney indicated that he feels that the increase should be changed annually. 43 <br /> 44