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Mounds View City Council November 13, 2023 Regular Meeting Page 2 1 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 2 3 7. CONSENT AGENDA 4 A. Approval of Minutes: October 23, 2023. 5 B. Just and Correct Claims. 6 C. Resolution 9821, Approving the 2024 SCORE Recycling Grant Request to 7 Ramsey County. 8 9 MOTION/SECOND: Meehlhause/Gunn. To Approve the Consent Agenda as presented. 10 11 Ayes – 4 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 12 13 8. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 14 A. Mounds View Police Department Third Quarter Report – Chief Zender 15 16 Police Chief Zender reviewed the Third Quarter Report from the police department with the City 17 Council. He thanked his officers for working with an individual in the community that needed 18 permanent housing. He commented on the community outreach that occurred at Night to Unite 19 and at Festival in the Park. He thanked the residents of Mounds View for hosting 27 block parties 20 this year. He thanked staff and the members of the Festival in the Park Committee for all of their 21 efforts. He further discussed the other community engagement events that were held in recent 22 months. He noted the pink patch campaign had just ended, but the Justin Morneau coat drive was 23 ongoing. He explained the department currently had 17 officers and was budgeted for 21. He 24 reported two new officers were in the background process at this time. He stated he recently 25 completed his six month probation period and noted Investigator Hellpap has been promoted to 26 Deputy Chief. He commented on the great work being done by the reserves and K-9 unit. He 27 explained the department’s VCET officer has been extremely proactive and was recently sworn in 28 by the DEA. He reviewed the training his officers have been attending in recent weeks and thanked 29 the City Council for their continued support. 30 31 Mayor Lindstrom thanked Police Chief Zender for his efforts on behalf of the community and for 32 addressing the recent housing crisis. He was of the opinion the City of Mounds View was very 33 fortunate to have its own police department. 34 35 9. PUBLIC COMMENT 36 37 Rene Johnson, 7385 Pleasant View Drive, congratulated Mayor Zach Lindstrom for being voted 38 in as Mayor. She believed he was unafraid to listen to the community and appreciated how he was 39 working to better communication between the City and residents. She thanked Mayor Lindstrom 40 for hosting the Coffee Club where the idea for the books came from. She thanked the Junior Library 41 Guild for donating 5,160 books to Mounds View. She thanked the City Council, staff members 42 and school district individuals for their tremendous support. She went on to thank a number of 43 individuals that worked to make the book donation event possible in the community and thanked 44 the Bear Lot for hosting this event. She commented on how this event proved volunteerism was 45