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Mounds View City Council June 12, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 26 should determine the value. 1 2 Acting Mayor Stigney asked if tax value was included and Police Chief Sommer said that the tax 3 value is not included. Acting Mayor Stigney said it is his understanding that the insurance 4 company should pay for the replacement value including 6% tax. Acting Mayor Stigney said he 5 wants to make sure the City is getting a fair deal 6 7 Public Works Director Lee said the insurance company could debate if they wanted to pay the 8 entire value and Acting Mayor Stigney asked what 100% of the loss is. Police Chief Sommer 9 said he could try and re-negotiate with the insurance company but pointed out that the current 10 offer is the best he can get with the insurance company since he has already negotiated with him. 11 12 Acting Mayor Stigney asked if the City’s insurance company has negotiated with the other 13 insurance. Police Chief Sommer said that the City has a $25,000 deductible and will not 14 negotiate with the other insurance company. Police Chief Sommer said that it is the City’s 15 responsibility. 16 17 Finance Director Beer said he would ask the City’s insurance to look into the situation. Police 18 Chief Sommer said he has met with the City’s agent and the deductible is higher than the value 19 of the vehicle. 20 21 Chief Sommer stated he would like approval to move forward with the understanding that if it is 22 under-valued it will be re-negotiated. He said that there would be a stipulation that it would be 23 re-negotiated. 24 25 MOTION/SECOND: STIGNEY/FLAHERTY. To adopt Resolution 6851, A Resolution 26 Authorization to Purchase a Replacement Squad Car for a Totaled Squad Car utilizing Payment 27 from Progressive Insurance Companies and Funds from the Vehicle and Equipment Fund subject 28 to staff checking whether the settlement is fair and look at the tax issue before accepting 29 insurance payout. 30 31 Ayes – 3 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 32 33 9. JUST AND CORRECT CLAIMS 34 35 Councilmember Flaherty asked about page 13 and the amount of shredding that is done. 36 Administrator Ulrich replied that quite a bit of shredding is done and that the shredding company 37 does large-volume, cross-cut shredding. 38 39 Police Chief Sommer said the service picks up the documents which are shredded onsite. He 40 said a staff member accompanies the shredding company to the shredding. Police Chief Sommer 41 said a high-powered shredder and maintenance would cost a couple thousand dollars and that it is 42 about an equal cost. 43 44