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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 13, 2021 Page 5 Councilmember Jenson asked if there were any considerations for COVID restrictions for this 1 event. Mr. Yunker stated given the number of people that would be at the car wash at any one 2 time the risk is low. 3 4 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Walker, to adopt Resolution 5 21-040; a Resolution approving the special event permit for a car wash hosted by St. Anthony 6 Girls Golf in the community center parking lot April 24, 2021, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 7 8 Motion carried 4-0. 9 10 B. St. Anthony Fire Department Annual Report. 11 12 Fire Chief Mark Sitarz presented a power point presentation for the St. Anthony Fire Department 13 2020 Annual Report. Organizational charts were provided showing the Divisions of the Fire 14 Department and members. There are 24 Active Firefighters, 5 Current Rookies and 2 part-time 15 Code and Rental Inspectors. Chief Sitarz presented some photographs of calls during 2020. His 16 presentation included Total Calls for Service (1553 in 2020), Call Breakdown (Medical Calls – 17 74.37% and Fire/Other – 25.63%), Dollars Lost Due to Fires, Fire Investigations, Operations 18 Summary, Training (135 hours per Firefighter Average in 2020), Fire Inspections (144 19 performed), Fire Marshal (Chris Fuller – 200 hours in 2020), Fire Prevention/Public Education, 20 Code Enforcement – Housing (337 complaints), Code Enforcement – Rentals (189 rental/re-21 inspections), and Emergency Management. The Annual Report for the Fire Department can also 22 be found on the City website. 23 24 Councilmember Walker thanked the Fire Department for their work. He attended a public 25 education session and he did the fitness test which was very interesting. 26 27 Councilmember Jenson stated that the St. Anthony Fire Department is Best in Class. 28 Councilmember Jenson asked about the Code Enforcement Inspections and whether they were 29 violations or just inspections. Chief Sitarz stated those were violations. 30 31 Councilmember Webster thanked Chief Sitarz for his report and noted the Leadership is great. It 32 is clear there are strong values practiced in the Fire Department. During COVID when people 33 were working from home the Fire Department continued to go into homes safely which showed 34 the team willingness to serve. 35 36 Chief Sitarz stated he appreciates the support from City Staff and City Council. Mayor Stille 37 stated there is a great deal of trust on both sides. Mayor Stille stated the Annual Report is 38 detailed and a very good read. Mayor Stille encouraged the residents to go online and read both 39 the Police Department and Fire Department reports. 40 41 C. Resolution 21-041; a Resolution approving the agreement with Ramsey County for 42 election services 2021-2026 43 44 City Manager Charlie Yunker reviewed currently St. Anthony contracts with Ramsey County for 45 election services. City Council is requested to consider an agreement between Ramsey County, 46 15