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Mounds View City Council February 10, 2020 Regular Meeting Page 2 7. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 1 A. Police Chief Nate Harder – Annual Report. 2 3 Police Chief Harder provided the Council with a presentation on the 2019 Annual Report. He 4 discussed the strategic plan and goals for the Mounds View Police Department. He commented 5 on the new programs being offered in 2019 which included the reserve department. He stated he 6 was proud of the great work being conducted by the reserves and the Neighborhood Resource 7 Officer. He reviewed the calls for service in 2019 noting the department had its most calls for 8 service ever, and also remained proactive in the community. He described the partnership the 9 Police Department had with NYFS. He discussed the work being done by the VCET team and 10 K-9 units. He thanked the Council and the Mounds View Police Foundation for their continued 11 support. 12 13 Mayor Mueller stated she was a little alarmed after reading an investigators report of a robbery 14 that occurred in the City. She questioned why charges were declined. Police Chief Harder stated 15 this was due to the fact the District Attorney failed to charge the minors for the offense. 16 17 Mayor Mueller expressed concern with the fact the person that hit and almost killed Sergeant 18 Ben Zender was allowed out on bail and he then skipped town. Police Chief Harder reported 19 this individual was on the run for some time but has since been arrested in Alexandria and he was 20 back in custody. 21 22 Mayor Mueller requested the Police Chief read the 2019 traffic stop by race information in full 23 for the record. Police Chief Harder reviewed the 2019 traffic stops by race. He noted there was a 24 total of 3,579 stops. Of those 2,225 were white individuals, 760 were black, 181 were Hispanic, 25 241 were Asian, and there was 1 Native American. He explained all race information was 26 gathered from ID’s and no individual was asked their race during a traffic stop. He commented 27 further on the information that was gathered during traffic stops. 28 29 Mayor Mueller asked how the public could view the 2019 Annual Report. Police Chief Harder 30 stated this report would be posted on the Mounds View Police Department’s website. 31 32 Council Member Meehlhause thanked Police Chief Harder for his incredible leadership of the 33 Mounds View Police Department. 34 35 B. Jerry Hromatka – Northeast Youth and Family Services. 36 37 Jerry Hromatka, Northeast Youth and Family Services, thanked the Council for their time. He 38 discussed the number of households that were served each year by NYFS. He explained NYFS 39 had two main program areas which were mental health (clinic based, school based and day 40 treatment) and community services, which included Diversion, senior chore and community case 41 management services. He commented on how there has been a growing trend of families 42 approaching NYFS with complex issues. 43 44