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Mounds View City Council November 12, 2024 <br /> Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> 1 6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS <br /> 2 A. Official Swearing In- Deputy Chief Hellpap, Sergeant Dison, Officer Torres, <br /> 3 and Officer Tennison. <br /> 4 <br /> 5 Police Chief Zender introduced Deputy Chief Hellpap, Sergeant Dison, Police Officer Torres and <br /> 6 Police Officer Tennison to the City Council. The Oath of Office was administered to Deputy Chief <br /> 7 Hellpap, Sergeant Dison, Police Officer Torres and Police Officer Tennison. Badges were pinned <br /> 8 on and a round of applause was offered by all in attendance. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 B. Resolution 10000, Canvassing Election Results of the 2024 General Election. <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Human Resources Director Ewald reviewed the election results from the General Election that was <br /> 13 held on Tuesday,November 5 and requested the Council canvass the election results. <br /> 14 <br /> 15 MOTION/SECOND: Clark/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 10000, <br /> 16 Canvassing Election Results of the 2024 General Election. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 Mayor Lindstrom thanked everyone who had the courage to run for City office. He congratulated <br /> 19 Kathryn Smith and Gary Meehlhause for being elected to the City Council. <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Ayes—5 Nays—0 Motion carried. <br /> 22 <br /> 23 C. SBM Fire Chief Dan Retka- Quarterly Update. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Fire Chief Retka provided the Council with a quarterly update from the SBM Fire Department. He <br /> 26 congratulated the City of Mounds View for the great work they were doing and for the culture that <br /> 27 was being built within the Mounds View Police Department. He discussed how calls were <br /> 28 increasing within the fire department and described how he was working to improve the fire <br /> 29 prevention and training divisions. He commented on how the department was working to address <br /> 30 the rising number of medical calls and repeat medical calls. He discussed how he was working to <br /> 31 create a Fire Corp to address these type of calls. He explained a new fire station was needed in the <br /> 32 northeast corner of Blaine and stated the department had begun looking for land. He described <br /> 33 how the fire training provided by Century College was not working and noted the fire academy <br /> 34 would be shifted back to SBM. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Mayor Lindstrom questioned why the SBM Fire Department would never become a career fire <br /> 37 department. Fire Chief Retka explained the future is to shift towards career firefighters. He <br /> 38 described how he wants his firefighters focused on only fire related matters,with the understanding <br /> 39 they would still have to complete non-fire related tasks. <br /> 40 <br /> 41 Mayor Lindstrom appreciated how the Fire Corp would assist with addressing the non-fire related <br /> 42 matters with in the SBM response area. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Further discussion ensued regarding the growing need to screen fire calls by the Anoka County <br /> 45 Dispatch Center in order to ensure the fire department is being dispatched to emergency calls and <br /> 46 then having EMT's or the Fire Corp going to non-emergency or medical calls. <br />