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City Council Study Session Meeting Minutes April 10, 2001 Page 9 1 be transported. Fire Chief Hewitt agreed that the nursing home handles most of the day-to-day 2 situations. 3 Mayor Cavanaugh distributed a report on the ambulance response service from Hennepin County 4 and information contained in their annual report. He reviewed the percentage of calls for 5 different response times, noting that only 10% of the calls were five minutes or better. He stated 6 he finds that 10% is outrageous and is the worse performance of any community in the City's 7 peer group. Mayor Cavanaugh suggested that he, City Manager Morrison, Fire Chief Hewitt, and 8 Hennepin County staff schedule a meeting to address why St. Anthony is being under served. 9 Captain Drusch advised that all full-time staff and some of the part-time staff are EMTs. 10 Mayor Cavanaugh stated he would rather get the money back and invest it in training so the City 11 can provide its own service. He stated this ambulance service should improve and he is 12 interested in finding out what Hennepin County has to say. 13 Captain Drusch explained how ambulances are "floated" to maximize coverage area. If nothing 14 is going on in Minneapolis, the ambulance should be at the Second Precinct. However, if a call 0 goes out, that ambulance is usually the first one to go back to Minneapolis. 16 Mayor Cavanaugh stated if they do not respond, he would support funding for more self help. 17 He thanked the Fire Department for their informative annual report which will be a good base to 18 build from. 19 C. Code Enforcement. 20 Mayor Cavanaugh stated that he supports the proposed policy and would hope it can be moved 21 forward at the next Council meeting. 22 Councilmember Sparks asked about the code enforcement complaint procedure and if they also 23 look for violations. Fire Chief Hewitt stated they do not look for them as diligently as, perhaps, a 24 Public Works Supervisor would notice violations. 25 Mayor Cavanaugh stated he would support a statement of being proactive with Code 26 enforcement rather than waiting for a neighbor to call in a complaint. 27 Councilmember Horst asked if they should be out looking for violations or if that would take 28 them away from other activities. He noted that Public Works and the Police Department are out 29 in the community more often. 30 Fire Chief Hewitt stated when they receive a report, they look at it and what else is going on in 0 the area.