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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—January 31, 2011 2 A. Years of Service Awards Announcement and Employee of the Year Presentation Public Works Director Terry Maurer recognized the following employees: Tony Nowlan, Public Works, for 5 years of service; Jeff Frid, Public Works, for 5 years of service; and Mike Schifsky, Public Works, for 30 years of service. He also stated the Arden Hills Employee of the Year is Scott Freyberger, Public Works. Community Development Director Jill Hutmacher recognized John Mennenga from the Community Development Department for 5 years of service. Mayor Grant presented Mr. Freyberger with the Employee of the Year award. B. Sheriff Matt Bostrom Sheriff Matt Bostrom introduced himself to the City Council and the City. He provided information about his background and let the Council know that if they had any questions they could get in touch with him. He described what he interpreted as Community Policing and how his department will achieve this. Mayor Grant asked for an overview of how the organization was structured. Sheriff Bostrom stated there were five basic divisions: patrol/enforcement division, detention division, which is overseen by the Under Sheriff, administrative division, parks division, and the Chief Deputy oversees anything else that does not fit into one of these categories such as multi- jurisdictional problems and task forces. — Councilmember Holmes stated the communications between the Sheriff's Department and the residents needs to be improved. People are not getting as much information as they want. She also stated the contracts need to be reviewed and renegotiated. She requested a meeting that would clarify what emergency services were supposed to respond to each type of call and where - -- these services are coming from. Sheriff Bostrom stated there is a lot of data available and the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department has a website that makes this information available to residents. The problem at this time is the data retrieval and he clarified that the department would be working on correcting these problems for the community. He stated he is not directly involved with negotiating contracts but would pass this information to the appropriate person. The patrol practices and community policing will be something that will be continually looked at and improved. He stated he would be willing to work with the City in setting up a meeting to discuss the services in more detail. PUBLIC Mayor Grant opened the Public Inquiries/Informational at 7:31 p.m.