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Mounds View City Council August 14, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 2 1 MOTION/SECOND: Lindstrom/Gunn. To Approve the Consent Agenda as amended removing 2 Item 5E. 3 4 Ayes — 4 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 5 6 E. Resolution 9788, Authorizing Separation Compensation for Community 7 Development Director Jon Sevald. 8 9 Acting Mayor Meehlhause thanked Community Development Director Jon Sevald for his years of 10 dedicated service to the City of Mounds View and wished him all the best in his new endeavors. 11 12 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 9788, 13 Authorizing Separation Compensation for Community Development Director Jon Sevald. 14 15 Council Member Lindstrom thanked Community Development Director Sevald for all he has done 16 on behalf of the City of Mounds View. 17 18 Council Member Gunn thanked Community Development Director Sevald for his dedicated 19 service and wished him all the best. 20 21 Council Member Cermak stated she would miss Community Development Director Sevald. 22 23 Ayes — 4 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 24 25 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 26 A. Officer Brian Kammerer Official Swearing In — Chief Zender. 27 28 Police Chief Zender introduced the Council to newly hired Police Officer Brian Kammerer. He 29 administered the Oath of Office to Officer Kammerer and welcomed him to the Mounds View 30 Police Department. A round of applause was offered by all in attendance. 31 32 B. MVPD Second Quarter Report — Chief Zender. 33 34 Police Chief Zender reviewed the Second Quarter Report for the Mounds View Police Department 35 with the City Council. He commented on the major events that occurred in the community one 36 being a drive by shooting and the other event was a robbery at the SA gas station. He thanked his 37 officers for their investigative efforts to address both of these crimes. He discussed the benefits of 38 having an officer in the VCET unit with Ramsey County. He explained 11 youth recently attended 39 a firearms safety course. He thanked the community for attending recent rock wall and coffee with 40 a cop events. He commented further on the community events his officers participated in which 41 included a Torch Run, National Night Out, a presidential visit, and a safety fair in Blaine. The 42 department's traffic enforcement efforts were further discussed, along with the new cannabis laws. 43 44 Council Member Gunn asked how the department handles ghost guns. Police Chief Zender 45 explained these were very difficult and stated he hoped further regulations would be passed down 46 from the federal government to address this growing concern.