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Mounds View City Council February 14, 2005 <br />Regular Meeting Page 7 <br /> <br />Mayor Marty stated that they had discussed this at the Y meeting, and that the system they have 1 <br />now will accommodate this, so they were just purchasing the cameras. 2 <br />Council Member Stigney asked if they would now have eight cameras. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Mayor Marty answered yes, and that it was predominantly for the purpose of providing more 5 <br />coverage and security for the front desk area. 6 <br /> 7 <br />MOTION/SECOND. Stigney/Gunn. To approve Resolution 6458 Approving the Purchase of 8 <br />Security Surveillance Cameras for the Mounds View Community Center. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Council Member Flaherty stated he thought this was treating the symptom and not the illness 11 <br />basically, and he asked Chief Sommer to elaborate on the problem with the theft occurring at the 12 <br />Community Center. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Chief Sommer stated that there have been a few calls, but it’s not a prevalent problem. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Council Member Flaherty suggested the use of fake cameras if there wasn’t an issue with 17 <br />employee safety. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Chief Sommer stated that there is a limited number of staff for monitoring, and that additional 20 <br />cameras would help to be able to apprehend perpetrators. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Council Member Gunn stated the cameras were needed for apprehension so perpetrators would 23 <br />get the punishment that they deserve. 24 <br /> 25 <br />Council Member Flaherty stated this was not budgeted into the 2005 budget, and he didn’t like to 26 <br />adjust budgets upward. 27 <br /> 28 <br /> Ayes-5 Nays-0 Motion carried. 29 <br /> 30 <br />9. COUNCIL BUSINESS 31 <br /> 32 <br />A. 7:05 p.m. Public Hearing. Consider Updating the Capital Improvement 33 <br />Plan and Authorizing the Future Sale of Capital Improvement Bonds for the 34 <br />Fire Station and Equipment. 35 <br /> 36 <br />1. Conduct Public Hearing. 37 <br /> 38 <br />Finance Director Hansen stated that the Capital Improvement Plan was last adopted last summer 39 <br />as the 2004 Long Range Finance Plan, and it was before the Council this evening to incorporate a 40 <br />couple of changes. He stated these were primarily some changes in cost estimates for fire 41 <br />protection and deferring some storm water projects to later years. He stated that each of the 42 <br />projects, even though it’s approved in the CIP, will come back to the Council for approval at the 43 <br />time it’s being constructed. He stated that the second part of the public hearing is to take input 44 <br />on the proposal to issue Capital Improvement Bonds for the purpose of building a new fire 45