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" . . . Counc II MeetIng MInutes, October 10, 1966 - continued Clerk Stromquist was requested to contact Carl Dale to secure the planner's views on the nature and use of the proposed road, possIbility of qualifying as County Road etc, Tha Coune! I also requested that the Public Works Commltts3 study the proposal and make Its recommendation to the.Council. REPORT OF TRUSTEE CREPEAU Replacement oj' PolIce DO!1 . John Rysgaard, PublIc Safety Committee member, stated that buslnessmen- In the area wIshed to donate a professionally traIned police dog to the VIllage as a replacement for Cooper. The ~og and an officer-handler arato be trained at a traInIng academy I nrc\o 1.1 ne, Kanses, Attorney Courtney 101111 veri ty legalIty of accepting thl. gift by October II, 1966, , Tentative plans are for OffIcer Sexton to leave October 14, for approxl.., .mately 10 days of traIning with the dog. Trustee Crepeau moved that the VIllage pay for trans.portatlon, subslstanceand salary of Officer Sexton, and that the VIllage gratefully accept the gltt 0.( the dog from the donors, pend I ng Ai-torney Courtney' 5 op InJon; seconded by Trustee Olmen; carried. . Acting Sergeant FIsh wIll arrange schedules of polIcemen to Insure VIllage polIce protectIon. Mayor Nethercut stated tha.t. John Rysgaard and other donors \!lere to be commended for. the I r efforts In acquIrIng a replacement '01" Cooper. Trustee Olmen Informed the Council that he had been contacted by several people offerIng theIr dogs to the Police Department. Tru5~-ee Crepeau stated that the Publl.c Safety CommIttee sIncerely apprecla-~ed the offers, but trainIng 0' the dogs was a hIghly specialized procedure for which the Village was not equIpped. Trustee Hoffmann suggested that sInce thra Federal Government was currently solIcItIng offers for dogs to be traIned for military service, perhaps these potentIal donors could be referred to the armed forces.. Street LIQhts end SIQns Trustee Crepeau reported that a survey of the VIllage Indicated the foHowlng locatIons requIred lIghtIng for publIc safety: I . County Road E and HIghway 51 at e)(ltto south bound TraHlc. :,.' i 2. HIgh lIghts requIred at Hlgh~ays 10 .and 96. (8 fatalities have occurred at thIs Intersection) 3. End of Old.Snelll.ng & HIghway 96. 4. Old Snalllng & Hamllne Avenue, left Turn lane coming from the south. 5. Street sign at Sl.ems Court and Johanna Blvd. Clerk StromquIst was requeSTed to write proper aui"horli'les for an early :completlon on th9 above matters. REPORT OF TRUSTEE OlMEN . MInutes of the PublIc Works CommIttee meetIng of October 5 were dIstrI- buted to the CouncIl. Trustee Olmen revIewed aci"lon oj' the CommIttee ,:es out II ned In the mInutes. Street Names On recommendation of the .Publlc Works CommIttee, the matter of namIng streets and coordInating seme wIth surroundIng VIllages was referred to the PlannIng CommIssIon. Water Study CommIttee The. Public Works CommIttee recommends that thG scope of a study on present Village water needs requIres a SpecIal CommIttee to survey thIs. matter. Mayor~ethercut requested CouncIl members TO submIt sugges- .1'10"5 for personne I 'to se.rV8 on th I s commltts.e. The Counc II members f.eJt.representatl ves. .of .bus I nessmen In the commercial and Industrial area, Bethel College, etc. should be Included sInce these groups have ....expressed a need for munIcIpal water. -3- A