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Regular city Council Meeting Monday, July 22, 2019 Page 2 viewed for pings of locations before the phone died and that has not been provided to his family. Ms. Holliday stated there is also a car that the City of Roseville is holding and asking for impound money to release it to the family, yet the family is victims of a murder. She re- viewed the timeline of the incident of the disappearance of Ralph Bell with the Council. She explained Stillwater should have initiated the FBI for a missing person and then when Ralph Bell's body was found, the City of Roseville should have been held account- able and the Mayor should have held them accountable for further investigation with the FBI involved. The City of Roseville did control the narrative to do this. She believed the Police Chief and Mayor set the tone for this community's temperament in this issue, es- pecially when it comes to black and white matters. Had Mayor Roe or Chief Mathwig pressed or voiced deeper concern, this may have gone way different. Maybe if Ralph had been white, this would have been more urgent which is disgusting to her. She noted this young black man matters, he is a son, a brother, a father, and she wondered if anyone of the Council will be available to teach his sons and daughters what fathers teach. Probably not, so she asked the city to at least give the family justice, partner up, and get answers for this family so the family can have peace moving forward. She noted Ralph lived in a community he loved, and the City of Roseville has failed him. The City of Roseville failed this man, his family, and the community by allowing a murderer to roam the streets and seek their next victim. Tenise (did not provide last name), a resident of Maplewood, wondered what the City of Roseville has done as far as this case since the last time this was brought forward to the City Council . Mayor Roe explained from his perspective, because there has been an ongoing police in- vestigation, he understands that was continuing at that time. He was not sure there was more. Tenise asked if the Council reached out to the police chief, researched Ralph Bell, or in- quired about him. She also asked what has been done to engage in this case. Mayor Roe indicated he has talked to city staff about it from time to time to understand where things are at with this case. He generally does not make a practice of getting in- volved in the police work of a case because as an elected legislative official, there are de- fined roles by State Statute as to what the Council should and should not be doing. He certainly was not a law enforcement expert. From his perspective, he has not been taking an active role in telling the Police Department of investigators what to do necessarily. Tenise indicated the people rely on the City Council. Ted (did not provide last name), a resident of Minneapolis, asked how the Mayor and City Council are the Police Department's boss but do not have any control over these