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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes . June 9, 1998 Page 10 1 Thuesen stated the 2 part-time positions made sense as they would free up the valuable time of 2 the officers to use their expertise in-other areas. He encouraged establishment of a bike patrol 3 and community-oriented activities. He also expressed support of a school liaison and a drug task 4 force. 5 Engstrom noted that last year there were two officers trained in bike patrol on the Department but 6 both have since taken other positions. He hoped a bike patrol could be reestablished. 7 Mayor Ranallo expressed support for the community watch force and the school liaison. He 8 noted that the St. Anthony Police Department has not added any officers since 1988. Falcon 9 Heights and Lauderdale have both added full-time officers since they began working with St. 10 Anthony. 11 Motion by Marks, second by Faust to approve Resolution 98-049, re: accepting a COPS 12 Universal Hiring Program Grant Award. 13 Cavanaugh offered an amendment to the motion as follows: "Be it resolved that the 2 COP 14 positions will be committed to specific programs which would be new to the community and 15 which have outcomes.the Council can measure. The authority for the position would be for the period of Federal Assistance or 3 years and would require City Council approval to continue the '77 position without Federal Assistance". 18 Cavanaugh stated that the application deals with a new program that the community could not 19 previously initiate. The effort should be on something the community can see, evaluate, and at 20 the end of the grant period make a value judgement of whether it should continue with. 21 community resources. 22 Mayor Ranallo noted that the programs would not be new but would be an expansion of the 23 programs that currently exist. 24 Cavanaugh recommended that a sub-committee of the Council determine a new program in the 25 category of community partnership or problem solving activities. 26 Engstrom stated the St. Anthony Police Department is not a stranger to community-oriented 27 programs. The Department has trained 4 officers in the Crime Prevention Program, has sent half 28 of the department to the COPS program introduction, and has had numerous mandates over the 29 last ten years. 30 Mayor Ranallo asked if this was a friendly amendment to the motion. Marks stated he was trying to see the friendly amendment portion. He noted the intent to measure the effectiveness of the program but stated this is sometimes difficult to determine.