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Item No: 8H <br />Meeting Date: September 12, 2005 <br />Type of Business: Council Business <br />Administrator Review: ____ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Jim Ericson, Community Development Director <br />Item Title/Subject: Review Possible Deployment of Fire Personnel to <br />Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina Aid <br /> <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />Attached is a report from Fire Chief Zikmund. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety, <br />Homeland Security Division has received a request from their counterpart in Louisiana for <br />three strike force teams. In turn, the SBM Fire Department was asked to provide a strike <br />force team. This is a readiness request, versus a deployment request. <br /> <br />The reason why this is being brought to the Council’s attention is that a Mounds View <br />employee, Jeremiah Anderson, would potentially be a part of the deployment. <br /> <br />Mounds View would continue to pay the employee during the two-week deployment however <br />it would at a future date the City would be reimbursed by FEMA for all personnel costs. <br /> <br />Fire Chief Zikmund will be available to address any potential workers comp or insurance <br />claims issues should the employee be injured in the course of his duty. <br /> <br />Staff is looking for the Council’s consent to permit the employee to take part in the effort <br />to assist in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />Jim Ericson <br />Community Development Director