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City of Centerville Council Meeting Minutes July 22, 2015 Attorney Glaser desired to express his appreciation to Captain Nelson for the years of service and wished him well in his new career endeavor. Engineer Statz provided Council with an update on the CSAH21/Centerville Road project by stating that they are currently placing sod and seed, have installed the trail and anticipate the wear course pavement being placed by the first week of August (weather dependent). He also stated that the intersection of Heritage and Centerville would be the milled down and receive fresh asphalt near the end of the project. Mayor Wilharber commented that the new sod, roadway and lack of ditches look and work well. Council Member King desired to thank the Centerville Lions for honoring/monitoring the bass guitar levels of the band that played for their Fete des Lacs celebration. Discussion ensued regarding the power outages that were experienced due to the storm and how it affected the tournaments. Council Member Fehrenbacher stated that the recent Centennial Lakes Police Commission they discussed their 2016 Proposed Budget which would increase by 5.5% primarily due to labor costs and contracts. He stated that this would equate to a 11.2% increase to Centerville due to the formula for calculation due to Centerville's increase in calls over the past year. Council Member Fehrenbacher provided background information regarding areas of funding that is needed: replacement of a vehicle and radios that are no longer being supported by Motorola. Council Member Fehrenbacher also stated that the telephone system within the building are no longer being supported either. Attorney Glaser stated that the Centennial Lakes Police District was recently slated as one of the top 25 safest to live in within the State of Minnesota. Council Member Paar stated that the Centennial Fire District is also considering decreasing the amount of vesting period needed for participants of the pension fund from 10 years to 5 years allowing for additional attraction of new volunteers. Council Member Paar stated that the fund is fully supportable of all existing individuals along with those that have yet to collect benefits who may be vested but have not met the age requirement for payout. Council Member Paar also stated that the District has submitted for grant funding to replace 59 Self -Contained Breathing Apparatus' (SCBAs) and he will keep Council abreast of the status of the grant as without this funding, the budget would be effected. Council Member Paar also stated that there was still time remaining to register for the upcoming parade on Saturday and reviewed the event lineup. Mayor Wilharber stated that the Lions events went well even with the power outage and that there was confusion regarding the separated events on both weekends. Mayor Wilharber stated that next year that would not happen. Closed executive session 8:35 P.M.