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Mounds View City Council February 2, 2026 Special Meeting Page 3 1 directions from the federal government would trump the actions of local government in this 2 situation. 3 4 City Administrator Zikmund explained the City Attorney works for the City Council. He noted he 5 would work with the City Council and City Attorney in order to bring this item back to a meeting 6 where all individuals could be in attendance. 7 8 Rosemary Lansing, 8310 Pleasant View Drive, explained she was concerned with the proposed 9 Ordinance and how police officers would be impacted in the community. 10 11 Acting Mayor Gunn closed the meeting for public comments. 12 13 Acting Mayor Gunn explained the Council would further discuss this Ordinance at a future City 14 Council meeting. 15 16 Council Member Clark commented on the amount of time and feedback she provided to the Mayor 17 and City Administrator regarding this Ordinance. 18 19 Council Member Smith indicated she had spoken to other city mayors regarding this Ordinance 20 and to learn about how other communities were addressing this concern. She noted on Friday 21 morning she attended a discussion at Betty McCullom's office with 49 other elected officials. She 22 reported there were things that she did not like seeing and indicated the Council was working 23 through the best way to proceed. 24 25 Police Chief Zender addressed the comments made by Debra Sorano noting Ms. Sorano reached 26 out to him six to eight months ago and he had a conversation with her. He reported there were 27 things that local police were able to do and things local police could not do. He indicated he did 28 not want it to appear that the Mounds View Police Department did not care. He stated the notion 29 that Mounds View police officers would not stand up for human rights was not true. 30 31 5. ADJOURNMENT 32 33 The meeting was adjourned at 6:24 p.m. 34 35 Transcribed by: 36 37 Heidi Guenther 38 Minute Maker Secretarial