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<br /> .. 1 <br /> DRAFT <br /> ARDEN HILLS CITY COl)N<;IL - MAY 12. 1997 2 <br /> I <br /> CONSENT CALENDAR .. <br /> A. Claims and Payroll <br /> B. Approve Rubbish Hauler License <br /> MOTION: Malone moved and Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve the Consent I <br /> Calendar as submitted and authorize execution of all necessary documents I <br /> contained therein. The motion carried unanimously (5-0), <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS I <br /> Mayor Probst invited the audience to address the Council on any issue not already on the agenda. <br /> No one came forward to address the Council. I <br /> UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS I <br /> A. Crime PreventionlRamsey County Sheriff, Bob Fletcher <br /> Bob Fletcher, Ramsey County Sheriff, came forward to address the Council on crime prevention I <br /> issues in the County. Joining him were Undersheriff John Luey, and Crime Prevention Officer <br /> Gary Wilzbacher. " <br /> SheriffFletcher discussed an upcoming federal crime prevention grant, and reported to the <br /> Council that Arden Hills has one of the 10west crime rates in the Metro area. However, he said I <br /> crime is slowly making its way to the second-ring suburbs of the Twin Cities, and the Sheriff's <br /> Department is taking a pro-active stance toward this problem in a number of ways. I <br /> Sheriff Fletcher reported the Sheriff's Department has just graduated its second class of <br /> Community Affairs Officers, and discussed courses that could be taken through the Citizen's I <br /> Academy, He discussed the CityWatch computer system, which will be on-line in the near <br /> future, and spoke of various ways this messaging system could be utilized, such as block club <br /> group messages, crime data by neighborhood, and automated polling of City residents. I <br /> Deputy Wilzbacher came forward to address the Council on his job responsibilities, which <br /> include overseeing thirty-five volunteers to the Sheriff's Department. He stated he is working I <br /> with TCF Bank in Arden Hills on a robbery response system, He then opened the floor to <br /> questions from Council. He further discussed an upcoming course dealing with crime-free <br /> multiple housing, which teaches managers to locate desirable tenants through criminal history I <br /> checks, credit checks, and the like. <br /> Mayor Probst stated statistics sbow the greatest crime problem is in juvenile crime, and asked I <br /> what the Sheriff's Department was doing about this problem, Deputy Wilzbacher said the <br /> .. <br /> I <br />