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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 28 2017 Page 4 Councilmember Gray stated Council has a responsibility to reduce the risk to St. Anthony taxpayers in everything they do so negotiations are being re- opened. He noted the Council values collaborations with other cities. Councilmember Stille stated this comes down to risk. That intersection has 52,000 cars cross it per day so there is a higher degree of risk than in St. Anthony. He is hopeful the contract can be retained but it needs to be fair or equitable. 9 Ms. Robinette stated the Police Advisory Committee has met and discussed this issue. She stated 10 there are a number of questions and she is speaking for taxpayers of St. Anthony Village. She 11 asked what emergency unbudgeted expenses were incurred and has insurance reimbursement 12 been received for these expenses. She asked about existing liability and indemnification which 13 raised questions because they thought the contract would have an insurance provision for 14 services. Ms. Robinette stated they were surprised to hear there were expenses due to the 15 shooting in July and there was no insurance built into the contract. Ms. Robinette asked if it was 16 possible, rather than having a resolution that shifts the responsibility to Falcon Heights, to have a 17 resolution talking about higher insurance costs. Ms. Robinette asked if Falcon Heights would 18 need to purchase insurance to insure St. Anthony Police Department and whether that insurance 19 could be purchased. She noted the oversight and control is provided by St. Anthony and asked 20 how could Falcon Heights purchase insurance for St. Anthony. Ms. Robinette suggested St. 21 Anthony would need to purchase additional insurance. 22 23 Mayor Faust stated this is the beginning of the negotiation process and it needs to be initialized 24 in a formal manner. He does not know the insurance industry but believes insurance can be 25 purchased for almost anything. Because of the July 6 incident, there were expenses relating to 26 security issues, attacks on the website, large amount of data requests, protests, etc. Falcon 27 Heights needs to share in these types of expenses. 28 29 City Manager Casey stated the employees are St. Anthony employees. The way the current 30 contract reads, St. Anthony assumes all risk and liability. The revenue generated from the 31 contracts was not sufficient to cover the risk. The residents of St. Anthony should not have to 32 have the burden for things that happen outside the City of St. Anthony. 33 34 Mayor Faust stated this resolution has been reviewed by the Dorsey Whitney legal team. 35 36 Ms. Sandy Sherman, 4008 Foss Road, #206, stated she has a co- worker that lives in Falcon 37 Heights. There are only 6,000 residents in Falcon Heights. She asked how the residents of Falcon 38 Heights can be expected to pay any cost for an officer involved shooting in Falcon Heights by a 39 St. Anthony Police Officer. She noted there are a number of residents in Falcon Heights that are 40 demanding Falcon Heights end the contract with St. Anthony and she finds this resolution is a 41 slap in the face for what happened. 42 43 Mayor Faust stated both parties have until July 15, 2017, to decide on the contract. He is aware 44 there are residents that want the contract ended but everything done needs to be validated. This 45 resolution only begins the conversation. He noted there seems to be a disconnect between the 46 communities.