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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — FEBRUARY 9, 2026 18 Councilmember Holden asked if we are being charged for each one of these. That is in the formula for how we pay. We don't want proactive visits. This is part of their contract. We need to look at the contract and figure out what this is. Councilmember Weber completely agrees. He thinks this equates to them finding a way to bill us for the extra expenses they are seeing right now. Mayor Grant said Staff will look into proactive visits and learn if we are being billed. In the past a proactive visit was if a deputy driving down the street and they see a resident outside. They stop and say and ask how things are going. We need to find out what these proactive visits are and determine if we are being billed for them. Councilmember Holden added we want to know how it differentiates between patrol and being community oriented. City Administrator Jagoe said she did share their response with Council on what proactive visits are. She is hearing the question of are we being billed and find out what the contract says. Councilmember Rousseau said if it is determined that they are billing us in a different way with the proactive visits, we should clarify if they are doing that in any other space. She heard a rumor that they are going to start charging us for booking people. We want to make sure they haven't changed other processes. Councilmember Holden would like to see an audit. Anytime someone goes to Kirkwold they say we don't get billed for it but it's in our report because someone brings in something up there that has nothing to do with Arden Hills. She doesn't believe the numbers. Councilmember Weber said the same thing goes for responses to county roads and highway. Any city that is not a contract city doesn't get billed for that. That's their responsibility to patrol and respond to those areas. Staff will research what we're being billed for. E. Cities for Safe and Stable Communities Discussion (added to the agenda) Mayor Grant said the Safe and Stable Communities group has hired a lobbying firm. He isn't sure what they're lobbying for. A number of cities have signed on. He's heard there is a cost. Councilmember Holden would like to know what they are lobbying for or will costs increase after we join. Councilmember Weber said one of the primary goals for him since this whole immigration enforcement started was to work with other cities. As a group we will be much more influential and will get better outcomes. If this serves that end, he is for it. Mayor Grant said we were a member of a coalition before. You lose a little bit of your own voice, to some degree. You have less direct control over what the message is. When you are in a coalition you are one of many. That can be positive because you have some power, but your voice is one of a few. By yourself, your voice is your voice.