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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes July 14, 2020 Page 13 1 with unintended consequences. He stated the City has said no many times over the years and he 2 did not want to take a chance of setting a precedent for something occurring in the future. He 3 thought they needed to be supportive of the Police Department and training in fair and impartial 4 training techniques with de-escalation and implicit biased training. They need to make sure that 5 a tragedy like what happened with Philando Castile does not happen again. He did not like the 6 idea of having a mural on the Police Department wall is because of mental health and he thought 7 it was important for the Police Officers to have good mental health and common sense tells him 8 that daily punishment of the Police when they walk in the door is not a good thing and they need 9 to find other ways to encourage them and we all need to find better ways to work together. 10 11 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to deny the request. 12 13 Councilmember Walker apologized to Councilmember Randle but did the motion need to be an 14 issue about the mural or the mural on the building itself because if the distinction is not made it 15 will be shut down immediately. Mayor Stille indicated the Council needed to stick to what is at 16 hand and will not expand tonight. 17 18 Councilmember Randle expanded on the motion to state: 19 20 Motion by Councilmember Randle, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to deny the mural on 21 public property. 22 23 Ayes — 4, Nays — 1(Walker). Motion carried. 24 25 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 26 27 City Manager Casey reported that Saturday is carboard recycling event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 28 Public Works. Coffee with the Council is also this Saturday and will be hosted by 29 Councilmember Walker and Councilmember Webster through Zoom. He also acknowledged the 30 work that was done by the Police, Public Works and Fire Departments from the Monday's march 31 and keeping everyone safe. He thought it was good outcome overall without any injuries. 32 33 Councilmember Webster stated on Monday, July 6th she attended the remembrance event of the 34 death of Philando Castile as organized by Ms. Solomon. It was a well -attended event. July 7th 35 the City Council had a work session and talked about realigning some of the paid holidays. 36 Thursday, July 9th, she had the opportunity to be the guest speaker on a Boy Scout Zoom 37 meeting, the topic was Constitutional Rights and Obligations of US Citizens. She thanked Troop 38 Leader Mark Duncan. 39 40 Councilmember Randle stated he attended the July 7th work session as well and discussed 41 budget, holiday realignment and other items. Sunday, July 10th, he attended the Sister City 42 meeting and they are promoting a road show from Finland in October, if it happens and will be 43 held at the 3M Building. 44