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Mounds View City Council June 12, 2006 Regular Meeting Page 28 wood. He said there are ordinances and if there is burning that is not allowed, to please contact 1 the City. Councilmember Flaherty said he wanted to bring it to the attention of the City and 2 Police that there are these kinds of things going on. 3 4 Administrator Ulrich invited Councilmembers to attend the Ramsey County League of Local 5 Governments meeting. 6 7 Administrator Ulrich said the bill regarding the Cable Access Channel passed last week. He 8 mentioned that Representative McCullum did vote against it, but it passed with a large margin. 9 He stated there will be an update. 10 11 B. Reports of Staff 12 13 None. 14 15 1. Police Department Quarterly Report 16 17 Police Chief Sommer said that during the time of the report, January – March 2006, the 18 Department was based out of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office Arden Hills during the City 19 Hall/Police Department was remodeled. 20 21 Police Chief Sommer said the department received 1559 calls to the 911 service which was close 22 to the number received last year during the same time. He said the department issued a total of 23 603 driving citations, which consisted 275 court citations, and 328 administrative citations. He 24 explained there were 130 cases assigned for further follow-up with investigators. 25 26 Police Chief Sommer said there were 382 crime reports of more serious crimes. He stated that 27 90 of those were theft or fraud, which remain the most common type of crime. He said DWI and 28 other accidents with criminal activity are the second most common, and that damaged property 29 and trespass violations are the third most common crimes. 30 31 Police Chief Sommer gave a report from the School Resource Officer in Edgewood Middle 32 School, which funded by School District. He stated Officer Kirk Leach who will be moving into 33 a role as an investigator and the school position will be open for another officer assignment. 34 35 Police Chief Sommer gave a report from the Crime Prevention Officer, which listed courses 36 received by City staff members. He addressed a grant that was received from MNDot for officers 37 to do extra shifts enforcing traffic. He stated the current concentration if for seatbelt violations. 38 Next year, Chief Sommer said the department is looking to combine efforts with the New 39 Brighton, Roseville, and Ramsey County Sheriff’s Departments. 40 41 Police Chief Sommer stated that Ramsey County’s 800 Megahertz system will begin testing in 42 Mounds View in next month or so. He stated that the Police Department will be one of the first 43 to make the transition to the new system and it will occur as soon as it is offered. He said it will 44