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Mounds View City Council July 13, 2020 <br />Regular Meeting Page 3 <br /> <br />Council Member Meehlhause questioned if the City could use these dollars to promote businesses 1 <br />in Mounds View. Finance Director Beer stated this may be a stretch noting the dollars must be 2 <br />spent on COVID-related matters. However, it was explained the dollars could be granted to local 3 <br />businesses and these businesses could prioritize the use of the funds. He commented further on 4 <br />the City of Fort Worth’s tiered business funding program. City Administrator Zikmund explained 5 <br />it would take the City some time to sort through how the CARES Act funds can be utilized by the 6 <br />City. He reported this matter would be further discussed at the August worksession. He indicated 7 <br />the City would have until November 15th to distribute the funds. 8 <br /> 9 <br />Mr. Connelly commented further on how he recommended the CARES Act dollars could be used 10 <br />to assist in spurring local economies. He stated the sooner the City can distribute these dollars the 11 <br />better. 12 <br /> 13 <br /> B. Police Chief Nate Harder – Second Quarter Report. 14 <br /> 15 <br />Police Chief Harder provided the Council with a summary of the second quarter report from the 16 <br />Mounds View Police Department. He discussed the challenges the department faced during the 17 <br />second quarter which had to do with COVID-19 and civil unrest. He explained traffic stops were 18 <br />down tremendously along with TZD stops. He anticipated TZD patrols would begin again in 19 <br />August. He commended his staff for adapting to the ever changing environment. He stated 20 <br />community outreach was not possible right now due to the pandemic and he understood the 21 <br />community missed these opportunities. He thanked the Council for their time and stated he was 22 <br />available for questions or comments. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Council Member Meehlhause thanked the Police Chief for his report and stated he understood 25 <br />why the numbers differed in the second quarter compared to the first quarter. He indicated this 26 <br />was a very difficult time and he appreciated the efforts of the entire Police Department. 27 <br /> 28 <br />Council Member Bergeron stated it has been extremely difficult for people who have been 29 <br />homebound due to COVID. He explained he couldn’t imagine how difficult the past four months 30 <br />have been on the Police Department having to go to work and work through the pandemic. He 31 <br />commended the Police Department for their tremendous efforts on behalf of the entire 32 <br />community. 33 <br /> 34 <br />Council Member Gunn thanked Police Chief Harder for his strong leadership and the entire 35 <br />department for their service to the community. She asked if the Police Department had held 36 <br />interviews. Police Chief Harder explained interviews were held and the department had a first 37 <br />candidate and second candidate in mind. He reported the department would be holding off on 38 <br />hiring at this time until further information was made available from the school district. He 39 <br />indicated he had applied for a full-time DUI grant in the event the school district were to pull its 40 <br />SRO’s. 41 <br /> 42 <br />Mayor Mueller stated she anticipates more civil unrest will occur in the near future. She 43 <br />questioned if additional SWAT or riot training could be offered to Mounds View Police Officers. 44 <br />She indicated the National Guard may be a good resource for this training. Police Chief Harder 45