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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />April 11, 2023 <br />Page 2 <br />D.1 Resolution 23-024 – Approving Donations and Grants for Quarter 1, 2023. <br />2 <br />3 Motion by Councilmember Jenson, seconded by Councilmember Webster, to approve the <br />4 Consent Agenda items. <br />5 <br />6 Motion carried 5-0. <br />7 <br />8 IV.PUBLIC HEARING - NONE. <br />9 <br />10 V.REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. <br />11 <br />12 VI.GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. <br />13 <br />A.14 Fire Department Annual Report <br />15 <br />16 Fire Chief Mark Sitarz presented the St. Anthony Fire Department 2022 Annual Report. There <br />17 are 29 total Staff including 7 full-time Career and 22 Paid On-Call 5 of the paid on-call are <br />18 current rookies. Nine of the fire fighters are women. There are two part-time employees that <br />19 handle Housing and Rental Compliance. In 2022 there were 1668 calls for service which is an <br />20 85.12% increase over 2001 calls (901). The call breakdown for 2022 were 29 Fires, 38 <br />21 Hazardous Conditions, 261 Service Calls, 109 Good Intent, 81 False Alarms, 1 Weather Related <br />22 and 1,149 Medical Calls. The dollar loss from fire was $11,928. <br />23 <br />24 Chief Sitarz reviewed the Hazmat Team. There were 4 calls in 2022 including: Mercury Spill, <br />25 Chemical Suicide: 1 DOA, 1 Rescue, 2 Treated, Chemical Reaction at a Business and Water <br />26 Treatment Plant Chlorine Release. <br />27 <br />28 St. Anthony Fire Department had 1,805 hours of training documented which averages 62.24 <br />29 hours per firefighter. Training consisted of: EMT, Live Fire, Hose line advancement, Vehicle <br />30 Extrication, and Strategies and Tactics. <br />31 <br />32 Fire crews’ community outreach was continued at: Local Schools, High School, Local <br />33 Organizations, Senior Living Community, Aquatennial EMS Standby, Night to Unite and <br />34 Summer Survival School. The Open House is the largest event of the year. Captain Maddie Jaros <br />35 leads the planning of this event. <br />36 <br />37 Chief Sitarz reviewed the Housing and Rental Code and stated there were 862 contacts with <br />38 residents and businesses and 195 total rental inspections. <br />39 <br />40 The department is looking for more on-call fire fighters. <br />41 <br />42 Councilmember Randle stated he appreciates the Fire Department and the work they do. He <br />43 asked what chemical suicide is. Chief Sitarz stated it is a decision to end life by mixing <br />44 chemicals together. The Hazmat team needs to deal with it. <br />45