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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />February 25, 2025 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Police Chief Jeff Spiess provided background on both officers and administered the Oath of 2 <br />Office for Police Officer Leah Gulbranson and Police Officer James Devaney. 3 <br /> 4 <br /> Mayor Webster and all Councilmembers congratulated and welcomed the new officers. 5 <br /> 6 <br />VI. CONSENT AGENDA. 7 <br /> 8 <br />A. Approve February 11, 2025 Council Meeting Minutes. 9 <br />B. License and Permits. 10 <br />C. Claims. 11 <br />D. Resolution 25-019 Establishing a Special Revenue Fund 12 <br /> 13 <br />Motion by Councilmember Elnagdy, seconded by Councilmember Doolan, to approve the 14 <br />Consent Agenda items. 15 <br /> 16 <br />Motion carried 5-0. 17 <br /> 18 <br />VII. PUBLIC HEARING - NONE. 19 <br /> 20 <br />VIII. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. 21 <br /> 22 <br />IX. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 23 <br /> 24 <br />A. Resolution 25-020 – Authorizing City Staff to Proceed with a Public Safety Facility 25 <br />Exploration. 26 <br /> 27 <br />City Manager Yunker reviewed throughout much of 2024 extensive discussion took place on the 28 <br />functionality of the current Police Department facility during the process of considering a 29 <br />renewal of the policing partnership with the City of Falcon Heights. While it was known that the 30 <br />facility was not adequate to fit current needs, the renewed partnership has brought the issue to 31 <br />the top of the priority list of City facilities needing attention to better fit current and future needs. 32 <br /> 33 <br />As part of the renewed partnership decision, a commitment was made to explore the options for 34 <br />renovating and expanding the Police Department facility. One option to expand and renovate the 35 <br />current facility, and preliminary work has been completed on a scope should that be the 36 <br />necessary option. Also, Staff is working on completing minor renovations in 2025 to 37 <br />accommodate new staff and make the space more usable either for the Police Department or 38 <br />another user should the department move to a different location. 39 <br /> 40 <br />The other option is to add-on to the existing Fire Station and join the Police and Fire 41 <br />Departments into a joint Public Safety Facility. This would address space issues in both the Fire 42 <br />and Police Departments and allow for a better long-term solution for the needs of both 43 <br />departments. 44 <br /> 45 <br />6