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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 10, 2016 Page 36 Mr. Faulconbridge opined that the cities listed in Councilmember McGehee's proposal were representative of Roseville's peer cities, and welcomed further re- search by Roseville residents. Mr. Faulconbridge noted that the City of Roseville ranks third lowest in crime rates among the inner ring suburbs in his research as provided in the bench handout, while ranking 8 out of 9 for lowest cost per capita. Mr. Faulconbridge noted this proposal caused him significant concern beyond simply addressing square footage availability at City Hall. Mr. Faulconbridge stated that he knew the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department well, considering many of them his friends and most wonderful people; however, he stated that he still preferred a municipal police force. Given the difficulties faced by Falcon Heights with recent events, Mr. Faulconbridge noted the City of Edina's applause of the Roseville Police Department while discussion tonight of this City Council was discussing getting rid of it, which he found disheartening. With his involvement in three businesses, all located in Roseville, Mr. Faulcon- bridge noted those companies represented a significant number of head of house- hold wage jobs, and part of the allure of Roseville was its services, including its local police farce. Mr. Faulconbridge noted he had stepped into the role of president of this Founda- tion to obtain additional equipment for the Roseville Police Department beyond what was possible with its annual budget. Mr. Faulconbridge stated that he found this discussion and even consideration of such a proposal unbelievable; and pro- vided several examples of local police service and responses. Mr. Faulconbridge urged the City Council to quit talking about this proposal; and personally argued that this fine police department was underfunded. Mr. Faulconbridge opined it was time to get on with the real business of this commu- nity. Tim Callaghan, 3062 Shorewood Lane On other side, Mr. Callaghan opined that residents had no idea what this will be if we actually look at it seriously, even though he is being told there's a large dollar potential and no idea of the effect there could be. Mr. Callaghan noted that City Manager Trudgeon had only provided a verbal re- sponse, with nothing in writing; and opined it would be foolish to not see what the real answer was. If it proved a bad idea, Mr. Callaghan stated his acceptance of that; but opined it warranted looking into especially with taxes continuing to go up much faster than inflation and creating a need to get a handle on those taxes or do something else to address them.