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Mounds View City Council April 11, 2022 Regular Meeting Page 2 I Mayor Mueller read a Resolution in full for the record recognizing John Kroeger and thanked 2 him for his 21 years of dedicated service to the City on the Parks, Recreation and Forestry 3 Commission. She then presented John Kroeger with an award on behalf of the City. A round of 4 applause was offered by all in attendance. 5 6 John Kroeger thanked the Council and previous Councils for supporting the Parks, Recreation 7 and Forestry Commission over the years. He also thanked Public Works Director Peterson for all 8 of his support as well. 9 10 MOTION/SECOND: Hull/Bergeron. To Adopt Resolution 9525, Award Presentation to John l 1 Kroeger for 21 Years of Service on the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Commission. 12 13 Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 14 15 B. 111 Quarter Police Department Report — Police Chief Harder. 16 17 Police Chief Harder provided the Council with a presentation on the first quarter report from the 1$ Mounds View Police Department. He reviewed crime stats for the first quarter noting VCET 19 continues to make cases for narcotic arrests. He reported Ace and Alex Aase are receiving 20 training at this time. He indicated the department took possession of a second speed trailer which 21 would assist with managing speeding traffic. He explained the neighborhood resource officer was 22 working part-time at this time. He indicated this officer would begin working full time in the 23 near future and commented on the great work that was being done in the community by this 24 officer. The community outreach events that were held in early 2021 were detailed for the 25 Council, along with the partnered and referral work the department has been doing with NYFS. 26 27 Council Member Hull reviewed the traffic stop data noting 60% of those pulled over were white 28 and 25% were BIPOC. He commended the department on their efforts and noted these 29 percentages were reflective of the community. Police Chief Harder agreed stating his officers 30 were active but they were not heavy handed. He reported the majority of traffic stops do not end 31 in citation unless there was egregious speeding. He commented further on the benefits of the 32 Lights On program which assisted residents in fixing broken lights on their vehicles. 33 34 Council Member Meehlhause stated he was impressed by the VCET report. He thanked the 35 VCET officer for the tremendous efforts on behalf of the community. He asked if this officer 36 was nearing the end of their commitment period. Police Chief Harder indicated he would be 37 working to extend this position for two more years. He stated he would rather not replace this 38 individual with an unknown given the great work that was being done. He thanked the Council 39 for their continued support on the VCET officer position. 40 41 Council Member Meehlhause thanked Police Chief Harder for his presentation and for the 42 department's tremendous efforts on behalf of the community, and for his outstanding leadership 43 along with Deputy Chief Zender and the sergeants. 44