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Mounds View City Council November 12, 2024 <br />Regular Meeting Page 2 <br /> <br /> <br />6. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS <br /> A. Official Swearing In- Deputy Chief Hellpap, Sergeant Dison, Officer Torres, <br />and Officer Tennison. <br /> <br />Police Chief Zender introduced Deputy Chief Hellpap, Sergeant Dison, Police Officer Torres and <br />Police Officer Tennison to the City Council. The Oath of Office was administered to Deputy Chief <br />Hellpap, Sergeant Dison, Police Officer Torres and Police Officer Tennison. Badges were pinned <br />on and a round of applause was offered by all in attendance. <br /> <br /> B. Resolution 10000, Canvassing Election Results of the 2024 General Election. <br /> <br />Human Resources Director Ewald reviewed the election results from the General Election that was <br />held on Tuesday, November 5 and requested the Council canvass the election results. <br /> <br />MOTION/SECOND: Clark/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 10000, <br />Canvassing Election Results of the 2024 General Election. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom thanked everyone who had the courage to run for City office. He congratulated <br />Kathryn Smith and Gary Meehlhause for being elected to the City Council. <br /> <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. <br /> <br /> C. SBM Fire Chief Dan Retka - Quarterly Update. <br /> <br />Fire Chief Retka provided the Council with a quarterly update from the SBM Fire Department. He <br />congratulated the City of Mounds View for the great work they were doing and for the culture that <br />was being built within the Mounds View Police Department. He discussed how calls were <br />increasing within the fire department and described how he was working to improve the fire <br />prevention and training divisions. He commented on how the department was working to address <br />the rising number of medical calls and repeat medical calls. He discussed how he was working to <br />create a Fire Corp to address these type of calls. He explained a new fire station was needed in the <br />northeast corner of Blaine and stated the department had begun looking for land. He described <br />how the fire training provided by Century College was not working and noted the fire academy <br />would be shifted back to SBM. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom questioned why the SBM Fire Department would never become a career fire <br />department. Fire Chief Retka explained the future is to shift towards career firefighters. He <br />described how he wants his firefighters focused on only fire related matters, with the understanding <br />they would still have to complete non-fire related tasks. <br /> <br />Mayor Lindstrom appreciated how the Fire Corp would assist with addressing the non-fire related <br />matters with in the SBM response area. <br />