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J i� • l--'-Councilmember' Enrooth agreed the: .Council had expected to pay betwf?en 2 $5 , 000 - and, $64000 for the program. 3 Councilmember -Makowske pointed out that there would certainly .be some 4 . reserve turnover which would increase the clothing costs , but any 5 equipment which is issued for a reserve ' s use would have to be turned 6 in when she or he left the program. Chief Hickerson said that was 7 true -but the City would have to pay for replacing clothing which wore 8 out. 9 Council Action 10 Motion by Marks , * seconded by Ranallo to adopt the changes in the 11 reserve bylaws recommended in Police Chief Hic;kerson' s . October 2 , 12 1987 memorandum, as indicated in the revised bylaws attached to his 13 memorandum. 14 Motion carried unanimously. 15 Hickerson Changes Recommendation Regarding Animal Control Services 16 The Police Chief indicated he had initially assumed New Brighton 17 would be providing 8 hour service every day and had found instead 18 they would only have a man on duty 20 hours , a week, leaving the 1019 responsibility for animal control the rest of the time up to St. 20 Anthony Police force. He said no definite information was available 21 as to what that service would cost St. Anthony, but perceived the 22 costs for New Brighton providing the service or having 52 hours of 23 patrolling at $8 . 42 as proposed by Animal Control & Management, Inc. 24 were now much closer . He told Councilmember Makowske New Brighton' s . 25 charges would be based on how long an animal had to be .retained which 26 was hard to figure 'if you didn' t know how many animals would be 27 picked up, but he now realized the figures quoted for New Brighton 28 would be much higher if based on the 8 hour shift he had assumed in 29 the original estimate. 30 The Chief pointed out that the $438 difference between the two 31 services could- easily be lessened depending on how many animals were 32 picked up after hours . Consideration should also be given to what it 33 would cost the City to have a policeman pick up animals when New 34 Brighton service was not available and to provide a holding area 35 until the animal could be taken to New Brighton. Taking all this 36 into consideration, the Police Chief indicated he now perceived it 37 would be cheaper in the long run to go with ACM. 38 Chief Hickerson said he had sat in on a meeting between the com- 39 munities �mentioned in his memorandum and found the only one who was 40 staying with New Brighton was Falcon Heights , who only .had an average 41 ' of two animals picked up annually. He told Councilmember Enrooth 42 the' -City wouldn' t be out much if this service failed because either •43 party can cancel the agreement with a 30 day notice. 11