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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 22, 2024 Page 13 1 Motion by Councilmember Elnagdy, seconded by Councilmember Randle, to approve 3' 2 Reading and Adopt Ordinance 2024-05 — Amending Section 154.188 of the St. Anthony City 3 Code Regulating Cannabis Businesses. 4 5 Motion carried 5-0. 6 7 B. Resolution 24-071 — Approving Summary Publication for Ordinance 2024-05. 8 9 City Manager Charlie Yunker reviewed the Resolution 24-071 is for publishing a summary 10 statement for Resolution 24-071 and Ordinance 2024-05. 11 12 Motion by Councilmember Doolan, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 13 24-071 — Approving Summary Publication for Ordinance 2024-05. 14 15 Motion carried 5-0. 16 17 C. Resolution 24-072 — Police Contract. 18 19 Police Chief Jeff Spiess and City Manager Charlie Yunker reviewed a Power Point presentation 20 summarizing the Phase 3 Partnership Decision for consideration of Renewed Police Services 21 Contract Between St. Anthony Village and Falcon Heights. The following information was 22 presented: 23 24 Back ound Information 25 In early 2024, officials from the City of Falcon Heights approached St. Anthony Village on 26 renewing a policing services partnership. Falcon Heights has contracted with the Ramsey County 27 Sheriff's Office since January 2018, and the contract will expire on February 28, 2025. Falcon 28 Heights is seeking long-term policing services beginning on March 1, 2025. St. Anthony Village 29 currently provides policing services to the City of Lauderdale and previously provided policing 30 services to Falcon Heights from 1994 through 2017. The previous partnership with Falcon 31 Heights was highly valued in both communities. On April 23, 2024, the City Council approved 32 continuing the exploratory process of a renewed police service partnership with the City of 33 Falcon Heights. As a part of the discussion Council noted the following items they would like to 34 review as the process continued: 35 • Lessons learned from the previous relationship. 36 • A Police Department SWOT Analysis. 37 • Benefits to the City and the Police department on a renewed partnership. 38 . Appropriately sharing/mitigating financial risk. 39 • Financial plan that would not increase the St. Anthony tax levy from a renewed 40 partnership. 41 • A staffing plan and timeline to support expansion of the department.when hiring is very 42 challenging. 43 44 Mr. Yunker provided an update on the process. Staff has continued to work through the 45 exploratory process and is offering an update on the following areas: 46 • Decision Timeline - Falcon Heights is in need of policing services on March 1, 2025.