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Regular City Council Meeting <br />Monday, July 14, 2008 <br />Page 15 <br />While recognizing ongoing problems with the current system, general consensus <br />appeared to be to continue it pending further discussion and considerations as dis- <br />cussed. <br />d. Consider the Purchase of two Radar Speed Boards <br />Roseville Police Chief Carol Sletner provided information as detailed in the staff <br />report dated July 14, 2008, for purchase of two "Stalker" radar speed boards at a <br />total cost of $9,904.50 ($4,952.25/speed board), and as outlined in the Imagine <br />Roseville 2025 goals. <br />Discussion included source for funding as directed by the City Council to staff <br />from the Imagine Roseville 2025's $85,000 contingency for Budget year 2008; <br />potential competing uses for the funds; reduction of the proposed 4 or 5 down to 2 <br />boards; and Public Works Director Schwartz's review of engineering studies <br />showing that movable boards are more effective than stationary speed controls, <br />avoiding driver complacency. <br />Pust moved, Roe seconded, approval of the purchase of two "Stalker" radar speed <br />boards at a total cost of $9,904.50 ($4,952.25/speed board), and as outlined in the <br />Imagine Roseville 2025 goa12008 budget contingencies. <br />Councilmembers Pust and Roe spoke in support of the motion. <br />Discussion continued with impacts from use as experienced by Chief Sletner; on- <br />going requests from citizens for their use; educational aspects of the boards; prior- <br />ity for traffic enforcement within the Police Department, as well as a goal of the <br />Imagine Roseville 2025 community visioning process; potential location of the <br />boards; and vandalism to the radar trailer and repair process. <br />Roll Call <br />Ayes: Roe; Pust; Willmus; and Klausing. <br />Nays: Ihlan. <br />e. Staff Report on Citizen and City Council Budget Suggestions <br />Finance Director Chris Miller provided staff responses to the previous citizen <br />comment on 2009 Budget requests. <br />Mayor Klausing expressed appreciation of this exercise in the budget process and <br />validity of the information and comments. <br />Councilmember Roe requested that one portion of the "Welcome to Roseville" <br />signage not be lost, that of considering smaller steel "Welcome" road signs to <br />provide a less expensive option from the larger monument signs. <br />