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<br /> <br />Gem Lake News Page 3 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Naughty List Released: 2014 Ramsey County Traffic <br />Report <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Newly re-elected council members Rick Bosak <br />and Gretchen Artig-Swomley were sworn in for <br />the new terms of office by Gem Lake City Clerk <br />Bill Short. The brief ceremony took place right <br />before the Gem Lake City Council Meeting on <br />January 20. Council terms of office run for four <br />years. Bosak and Artig-Swomley were on the <br />ballot in the November, 2014 elections. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The annual report of the Ramsey County <br />Sheriff's Traffic Unit for 2014 was recently <br />completed and sent to contract cities, which <br />includes Gem Lake. <br /> <br />It shows that our city comprised 2.92% of <br />traffic stops made within the seven contract <br />cities of Arden Hills, Shoreview, Vadnais <br />Heights, North Oaks, Little Canada, Gem <br />Lake and White Bear Township. <br /> <br />In total, there were 30 traffic stops made in <br />Gem Lake in 2014, comprised of 28 citations <br />and two verbal warnings, most of them for <br />speeding. <br /> <br />One of the noteworthy aspects of this report is <br />the dramatic drop in the total number of traffic <br />stops, as compared to previous years. <br />Throughout Ramsey County, there were a <br />total of 1,024 traffic stops in 2014, compared <br />to 2,084 in 2013 and 3,025 in 2012. <br /> <br />This reduction in traffic stops is also reflected <br />in Gem Lake numbers. The 30 traffic stops <br />last year compared to 89 in 2013. <br /> <br />Some of the tickets issued throughout the <br />seven contract cities come as a result of <br />speed display equipment installations that are <br />followed by the concentration of speed <br />enforcement vehicles. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Council Members Sworn in <br /> <br />