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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March O1, 2010 Page 11 Councilmember Roe opined that it made sense, through all the analyses, to consider how a shared approach would fit with a new station, its location and the area to be served; and suggested that a Roseville approach, as well as a no boundary approach be used to avoid losing sight of any possibili- ties. Councilmember Pust noted the favorable comments she was hearing from the public on the great leadership being provided during the transition time; and expressed her appreciation to the department's leadership for their work. Acting Chief O'Neill advised that the new format would be implemented for monthly and annual reports, and hoped that it was more useful to the City Council. Recess Mayor Klausing recessed the meeting at approximately 8:35 p.m. and reconvened at approx- imately 8:39 p.m. 3. Police Department Acting Police Chief Rick Mathwig, Lieutenant Lorne Rosand, and Police Services Manager Karen Rubey were present to represent the Police De- partment. Acting Acting Chief Mathwig reviewed the accomplishments of the de- partment as highlighted in the agenda materials (i.e., translating literature into other languages; mentoring; seminars for various cultures within the community; and cooperative work with the Human Rights Commission); and noted additional documents in the packet, including a breakdown of capital improvements, as well as a document dated March 2010 and en- titled, "Police Department Efforts -Above and Beyond" providing basic services (i.e., responding to calls, investigations and follow-ups, crime prevention, animal control); and how many of those additional efforts fit into the Imagine Roseville 2025 categories. Discussion of impacts to the department with the 2010 budget included significant reductions in training to ensure better educated officers were responding to the many and diverse calls received by the Department; with Acting Acting Chief Mathwig expressing hope that no further reductions were necessary to further negatively impact the quality of officers and their respective training to do their job effectively and efficiently. Acting Chief Mathwig noted that much of the officer training was basic and pe- riodically mandated by the State of Minnesota, but that other training pro- vided for a higher quality department and significantly impacted the quali- ty of work being done for the community.