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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 10, 2015 Page 5 C. St. Anthony Fire Department Annual Report. Mark Sitarz, Fire Chief, presenting. 3 Fire Chief Sitarz presented the 2014 Fire Department annual report and presented the Fire 4 Department's organizational chart and stated there were two promotions during 2014. He 5 discussed the responsibilities of the Operations Division and stated there were 1,363 total calls 6 for service in 2014, a 51 % increase, and also discussed the types of calls responded to by the Fire 7 Department. He stated that the average patient age is 70 years and the Fire Department had an 8 average response time of 2 minutes 33 seconds, which is consistent with prior years. He stated 9 that the OSHA mandate for training is 24 hours per year and last year the Fire Department's 10 average training was 130.8 hours per member. He stated that the Fire Inspections Division 11 conducted 256 general fire inspections in 2014 and it is the goal of the Fire Department to get 12 into every building in the City every two years. He stated that fire prevention and public 13 education is an important part of the Fire Department's role and during 2014, 731 adults and 14 1,112 children received the Fire Department's message through school visits, fire safety 15 presentations, CPR training, and the annual open house. He stated that Mattie Jaros has taken 16 over responsibility for the open house and last year there were 500 people who attended the Fire 17 Department's open house. He also discussed the Code Enforcement Division's responsibilities 18 handled by Rick Lundeen and Jim Hoska. He stated that all of the Fire Department employees 19 have demonstrated their desire to give back to the community and to make a difference in the 20 lives of others and the men and women of the St. Anthony Fire Department are true examples of 21 what "committed to serve" means. 22 23 Councilmember Gray stated that the open house was a great event and Mattie Jaros did a great 24 job. He commended the Fire Department's handling of the carbon monoxide incident last year 25 and stated he is convinced that lives were saved because of the way the Fire Department handled 26 the situation. 27 28 Councilmember Stille stated it is evident that the Fire Department staff is compassionate about 29 what they do and that is a reflection of the Fire Chief. He thanked Fire Chief Sitarz and all of the 30 members of the Fire Department for their service. 31 32 Councilmember Brever stated the City is very fortunate to have Fire Chief Sitarz and thanked 33 him for his willingness to serve. 34 35 Councilmember Jenson commended Fire Chief Sitarz and all the Fire Department employees. 36 37 Mayor Faust expressed thanks and appreciation on behalf of the City Council and all residents to 38 Fire Chief Sitarz and everyone on the Fire Department for their dedication and service to the 39 community. 40 41 D. St. Anthony Liquor Department Annual Resort Mike Larson Liquor Operations 42 Manager, presenting. 43 44 Liquor Operations Manager Larson presented the 2014 Liquor Operations Annual Report and 45 recited the mission statement and vision statement. He stated the profits of the municipal liquor 46 operation are used to reduce the City's property tax levy and provide funds for special projects 47 and equipment purchases for all City departments. He presented a graph of the five -year and ten 48 year profit history and indicated that 2014 profits were lower due to expansion of a national