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1 <br />1 CITY OF ST. ANTHONY <br />2 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES <br />3 MAY 12, 2009 <br />4 <br />5 CALL TO ORDER. <br />6 <br />7 Mayor Faust called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. <br />8 <br />9 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. <br />10 <br />11 Mayor Faust invited the Council and audience to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. <br />12 <br />13 ROLL CALL. <br />14 <br />15 Present: Mayor Faust; Councilmembers Roth, Stille, and Thuesen <br />16 Absent: Councilmember Gray. <br />17 Also Present: City Manager Mike Morrison and Polic6 Chief John Ohl. <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 CONSIDERATION, DISCUSSION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON ALL OF THE FOLLOWING <br />21 ITEMS. <br />22 <br />23 I. APPROVAL OF MAY 12, 2009 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA. <br />24 <br />25 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Roth, to approve the City <br />26 Council Meeting Agenda of May 12, 2009. <br />27 <br />28 Motion carried unanimously. <br />29 <br />30 II. PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS. <br />31 <br />32 A. Recognition of the Citizen's Academy Graduates Police Chief John Ohl presenting_ <br />33 <br />34 Police Chief Ohl introduced the item and stated Officer Tressa Sunde will be recognizing the <br />35 graduates of the 2009 St. Anthony Citizen Academy. <br />36 <br />37 Officer Sunde stated this is the fourth year of the Citizens Academy. She is honored to be part of <br />38 this and to help people understand what they do as police officers for the residents they serve. <br />39 She stated it is commendable to have the citizens commit to this eight-week program. Officer <br />40 Sunde provided an overview of the Citizens Academy Program and stated there were 21 <br />41 participants in the program this year. <br />42 <br />43 Citizens Academy graduates Joshua Ochocki and Jonathon Dozier addressed the City Council <br />44 and stated their support of the Citizen's Academy. Mr. Ochocki stated the interactive activities of <br />45 the program were very beneficial. It gave him a better understanding of what the Police <br />46 Department does and gave him more respect for the officers. Mr. Dozier stated the course was <br />47 interesting and they got to put themselves into what police officers do. He stated the best <br />48 example was the shoot/don't shoot course, and that he learned a lot about how police officers <br />49 approach the situation. <br />