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City of Centerville <br />City Council Meeting <br />December 10, 2008 <br />3. Parks & Recreation Committee Recommendation to Expend Funds to Provide <br />Skate Ni~ht_ (21 at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park -Not to Exceed 51.000 <br />Councilmember Paar inquired whether there are budgeted funds would come from the <br />2009 budget. <br />Acting Mayor Lee replied that yes, there are still Budget funds available. <br />Motion by Council Member Paar, seconded by Council Member Broussard-Vickers, <br />to approve Item 3 of the Consent Agenda as presented. All in favor. Motion carried <br />unanimously . <br />VL AWARDS/PRESENTATIONS/APPEARANCES <br />1. Sgt. Pat Aldridge -Police Updates <br />Sgt. Aldridge appeared to give the City Council the latest police updates. Some of the <br />updates he reported were: <br />• Bank Robbery Training was conducted at Main Street Bank. Sgt. Aldridge pointed <br />out that this time of year is the most prevalent time for bank robberies. <br />• Tobacco Compliance Checks were conducted, and they all passed. <br />• Anew CSO was hired. <br />• Training was conducted in liquor establishments to train employees how to <br />recognize false ID's. <br />• The Department received new guns (AR 15's), and all officers have been trained on <br />them. <br />• Officers have been commended by school officials for their presence in the school <br />and reading to the students. <br />• During the past week, recognition was given to Police Reserves. <br />• On December, Officer B.J. Stepan will begin his first CPR Class training. <br />• Despite many traffic stops, only 24 citations were issued. Most of the stops were <br />warnings. <br />Sgt. Aldridge reported on some of the latest City events: <br />• There was an armed robbery Halloween night, and an arrest was made. <br />• There was a school bus safety issue the beginning of November, involving a <br />suspicious vehicle that was observed by several citizens. This turned out to be <br />nothing, but Sgt. Aldridge commended the citizens for recognizing and reporting <br />possible problems. <br />• There was a residence burglary. It is suspected that the burglar knew the victim. <br />• The C-Shifters have continued monitoring Centerville. A program was started to <br />hear the concerns of the elderly at two buildings and providing visibility. <br />• There was an open-garage issue. <br />Page 3 of 11 <br />