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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Noven ber 8, 2005 Page 2 1 VI. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 2 A. Police Chief John Ohl presentation 3 i. Swearing in of Officers. 4 Mr. Ohl stated there has been a 25% change in the police department with two new 5 officers, a new sergeant, and a new'captain. He introduced and provided a brief 6 background of newly promoted Sergeant Mangstaff, an 11 -year veteran of the 7 department. He introduced and provided a brief background of newly promoted Captain 8 Antonio, a 19 -year veteran and first DARE officer of the department. 9 10 Mr. Ohl introduced and provided a brief background of Mr. South. Mr. South was sworn 11 in. 12 13 Mr. Ohl introduced and provided a brief background of Mr. Wilson. Mr. Wilson was 14 sworn in. 15 16 Mayor Faust congratulated the officers and told them to be safe, be sure, and do their job. 17 He added it is important to televise the swearing -ins to show residents the City now has 18 two new officers on duty. He thanked the parents for supportively giving their sons. 19 20 ii. Updates. 21 None. 22 23 B. North Suburban Cable Commission presentation. Clarence Ranallo, Cable Commission 24 representative presenting, 25 Mr. Ranallo stated a cable franchise fee was established throughout the City. He indicated 26 Channels 15 and 16 are for City use and Channel 19 is for the school district. Items such as 27 sports games and parades have been televised. Presently 49.2% of St. Anthony residents use 28 cable television. A wi-fi network for internet service for the City was previously discussed; 29 however, cities cannot receive an access fee. City and Staff will be invited for a meeting later 30 this year. He stated $3,500 has been raised to wire the high school auditorium, but another 31 $1,500 is still needed. A future item needed is a character generator, which costs about $3,500. 32 He added he would volunteer to host shows but would need two volunteers to run the cameras. 33 34 Mayor Faust asked if it was appropriate to put a request for volunteers in the newsletter. Mr. 35 Mornson replied yes. 36 37 Mayor Faust asked about wiring the school board to cable broadcast. Mr. Ranallo replied the 38 board has been told they can use some of the franchise money and have also suggested they use 39 the City Hall building and equipment. 40 41 Councilmember Stille asked if 49.2% of residents using cable is a good percentage. He added 42 residents can access free cable, too. Mr. Ranallo replied the newsletter has published numbers 43 on how to get free cable. He added 49.2% is a bit low but with satellite dishes it could increase. 44 a