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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JUNE 14, 2004 3 Maplewood. The children at the facility wrote a story, went through the editing process with their story, and at the end of the class, they had a book to keep. She said she still has books she made and this was a good experience to get started writing. She noted she has been with the same troop in Girl Scouts for 12 years. Mayor Aplikowski presented a certificate to Ms. Dinndorf. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS None. 6. NEW BUSINESS A. 800 MHz Discussion Ms. Wolfe explained that Ramsey County has been working on a project to acquire 800 MHz County wide. She noted the City has not had an elected official or staff person involved in any of the committees. She said elected officials were invited to a recent meeting, which was held to discuss dispatch center operations. She noted there were five questions posed to each community, which are listed in the meeting packet. She stated she does not feel comfortable advising what the responses should be to the questions. She explained the deadline of June 16 to respond to these questions came up rather suddenly and added that she does not feel prepared to answer them. She suggested it may be sensible to wait until the public safety issues have been resolved before putting forth the City's response. She said the City is planning to be a subscriber, though she said she would like to see a clear definition of what being a subscriber means. She further stated that in terms of answers for the rest of the questions, there are options that could be viable, but are not on the table. She noted that redundancy is an important issue to resolve. She said a report that the St. Paul center is understaffed is an additional concern. At this point based on what she's learned, she stated she feels more information is needed in order to choose an option comfortably. Mayor Aplikowski questioned why the deadline is June 17. Joe Dillenberg, PSAP Manager from the St. Paul Sheriffs Office Dispatch Center, explained that Project Manager Paul Kirkwold is working with grants that have deadlines. Ms. Wolfe stated she was aware of the deadline related to the grants, though she said some City Administrators understood the deadline was set relating to equipment purchases. Mr. Dillenberg confirmed there is an issue with equipment. However, he said, preliminary services could be started. He stated there may be a cost savings in less equipment needed if the decision is to have one PSAP versus the equipment needed for four PSAPs. Conncilmember Holden questioned what the cost will be. She said information has been received in regard to the time it will take to handle 911 calls. She noted the City will be