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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 13, 2007 Page 23 Roll Call Ayes: Ihlan; Pust; Kough; Roe; and Klausing. Nays: None. Councilmember Roe questioned the amount of detail in each of the Police Chief's reports (i.e., type of beverage purchased). Sergeant Marshall responded that the beverage sold was collected and retained as evidence by the officer, for future judge or jury trial, should the seller choose not to abide by the administrative citation. Further discussion included the Department's completion of the STEP UP Program, with officers meeting with all licensees (on and off- sale), on overtime pay, reviewing the benefits of having training pro- grams on file with the Police Department. Chief Sletner advised that when the program was used, only two businesses failed compliance checks. However, Chief Sletner noted that this year, since the pro- gram had been used less than a year ago, and with ongoing budget constraints, the department had chosen not to use the program during this compliance year. Chief Sletner advised that it was not the intent of the department to have businesses fail, and officers didn't wish to spend their time that way, noting that the program would be reinsti- tuted for the next compliance year. Councilmember Ihlan opined her preference that the penalty process focus on training and management, and that penalties fall on the man- agement or trainer level, rather than individual servers. Recess Mayor Klausing recessed the meeting at 8:16 p.m. and reconvened at 8:25 p.m. c. Discussion -Continue Discussions on the 2008 Budget Finance Director Miller had provided afollow-up memo, dated Au- gust 13, 2007, providing additional information from Councilmem- bers related to the 2008 budget process. There was no Council comment, or required action.