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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 23, 2019 Page 5 1 City Manager Casey noted since the cost was lower, more streets were able to be covered than 2 originally planned. He commended WSB on their innovative thinking on this new technology. 3 4 B. Resolution 19-059; a Resolution Approving a Service Agreement with Northeast Youth 5 & Family Services to provide a Community Case Manager. 6 7 Police Chief Jon Mangseth reviewed in front of Council this evening is a resolution to approve a 8 service agreement with Northeast Youth & Family Services to provide a Community Case 9 Manager. If approved, NYFS would hire a community case manager to serve the St. Anthony 10 Police Department/community and the partner Law Enforcement (LE) agencies in performance 11 of functions related to connecting referred households/individuals with basic services related to 12 mental health or any other basic family need. The Community Case Manager would provide 13 "follow up" activities to referred households which will include efforts to establish a 14 relationship, assess needs, develop a Goal Action Plan, connect to resources, and follow up on 15 the impact of the Goal Action Plan. The case management will work with the Police Department 16 to identify individuals / households that would be appropriate candidates and the City has several 17 individuals / households that would be candidates. The anticipated end result would be a 18 decrease in multiple calls for service by LE (possible fire rescue) on sometimes a daily, weekly 19 and monthly basis. These types of calls for service can be very involved and exhaust city 20 resources and some "person in crisis" calls can turn into unavoidable and unwanted use of force 21 encounters. 22 23 President/CEO Northeast Youth & Family Services Jerry Hromtka commented this was an 24 initiative from the local police departments. This would serve persons in crisis who would 25 normally call 911. This is the follow-up model and a pilot project. 26 27 Councilmember Stille stated this is where this belongs as NYFS is familiar with the mental 28 health aspect. He noted if one incident can be avoided, the minimal cost is well worth it. 29 30 It was noted the annual cost would be $10,000. The initial term is one year and may be renewed 31 or extended and either party may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, by providing 32 60 days written notice to the other party. 33 34 Councilmember Jenson thanked the Police Department and City Manager for their forward 35 thinking in bringing this program to the City. 36 37 Councilmember Stille stated this was in the goals and initiatives as an action step for some time. 38 39 Mayor Faust thanked Mr. Hromtka for emphasizing what the program is and what it is not. He 40 noted this will relieve some City resources and the City will be a willing partner with NYFS. 41 42 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Stille, to adopt Resolution 19- 43 059; a Resolution Approving the 2019 Agreement for a Community Case Manager with 44 Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS). 45 46 Motion carried 4-0.