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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 25, 2008 Page 11 Councilmember Roth questioned why St. Anthony Village is teamed up with suburbs it is not geographically adjacent to. 4 Fire Chief Malenick replied Hennepin County is St. Anthony's home county. He explained there 5 are mutual aid agreements in place, and there are many resources that would come from these 6 counties. The plan recognizes that they all share the same resources. 8 Mayor Faust noted that the main purpose of the plan is for standardization, and that grouping the 9 suburbs by county would be simplest. He asked if there is a cost to the City with this plan. 10 11 Fire Chief Malenick there is a cost with the training, which is minimal. 12 13 Mayor Faust inquired about the possible cost savings due to the economies of scale of training 14 with other cities, as well as reimbursements through NIMS. 15 16 Fire Chief Malenick indicated there is a trickle down effect. The federal government oversees the 17 State plans, the State oversees the County plans, and the County oversees the regional plans. 18 There is that interconnection and network. He noted he attends training sessions that are paid for 19 by the County. 20 21 Mayor Faust asked who activates the emergency sirens located in the Ramsey portion of the 22 City. 23 24 Fire Chief Malenick replied there are no emergency sirens located in the Ramsey portion of the 25 City. 26 27 Motion by Councilmember Roth, seconded by Councilmember Gray, to adopt Resolution 08- 28 024; Adopting the Emergency Plan of the North Suburban Planning Group as the Emergency 29 Plan for the City of St. Anthony. 30 31 Mayor Faust stated appreciation for the work of Fire Chief Malenick and Assistant City Manager 32 Moore -Sykes on the ordinances that have come forward tonight. 33 34 Motion carried unanimously. 35 36 VII. REPORTS FROM CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 37 38 City Manager Mornson commended Fire Chief Malenick and Assistant City Manager Moore - 39 Sykes for their work over the past two years on the ordinances that have come forward tonight, 40 and the Police and Fire Departments for the reports presented tonight. He commented on the 41 synergy between these departments, as well as all five of the city departments. He commended 42 Fire Chief Malenick for his work with the NIMS training and reported the Fire Department now 43 provides training for the Police Department, resulting in cost savings for the City. 44 45 City Manager Mornson announced the Silver Lake Road Reconstruction Project Open House on 46 Monday from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. A presentation will be given by the County at 7:00 p.m. A 11