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MINUTES/PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, February 10, 1998 - 7:00 p.m.

Members present: Sande, Beyer.

1. Request from Boy Scout Troop #130 of St. Mark's Lutheran for
refund of temporary restaurant license (hot dog stand at Potato Bowl activities on September 18, 1997) It was noted this is standard procedure. Moved by Beyer and Sande to approve the request for refund of temporary restaurant license fee ($65.00). Motion carried. (committee only)

3. Matter of request for bids for mosquito control items:
a) chemicals and b) lease of vehicles
Don Shields, public health, reported this is a request for traditional chemicals for adulticide and larvicide for mosquito control program with no changes in chemicals from last year, in addition they are requesting leasing of vehicles and an ATV, and will be bring those back to committee. Moved by Beyer and Sande to approve call for bids. Motion carried. (comm. only)

2. Matter of request to remove parking on N. 43rd Street between
5th and 6th Avenues North.
John Thompson, traffic engineer, reported this is request from several residents in area west and south of Shangri La where four new large apartment buildings constructed, parking on both sides of the street, and parking has been removed on east side of North 43rd up to 6th Avenue and want to extend on same side of the street around the curve. Moved by Beyer and Sande to approve removal of parking as requested. Motion carried.

4. Applications for gaming permits:
a) North Dakota Medical Assn.-Alliance - raffle 05/08/98
b) Coon 'N Crockett Muzzleloaders - raffle 08/02/98
c) MeritCare Foundation - raffle 05/10/98
d) UND Trapshooting Club - raffle 04/14/98
It was reported that all applications had been reviewed and approved by the city attorney. Moved by Beyer and Sande to approve the applications for permits. Motion carried. (committee only)

5. Matter of proposed change order on firing range.
Capt. Kjelstrom reported that McFarlane Sheet Metal was awarded the contract to retrofit the firing range, when they came in to do some checking to remove air ducts discovered they were full of lead and were over EPA level for safety so had to make change order and award contract to remove in a manner leaving safe for workers. He checked with Mr. Schmisek and Roxanne Fiala and source of funding would be from Public Buildings Fund. He reported that Tom Nonweiler of Mortenson's double-checked McFarlane's bids and was satisfied with change order. Moved by Beyer and Sande to approve change order in the amount of $19,929, with budget amendment of funds from Public Buildings Fund to the project. Motion carried.

6. Budget amendment.

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a) Wellness (Healthy Communities Grant Proj. #20261 - $5,044.
Mr. Shields reported this is a budget amendment for a technical correction due to the fact that they have a difference between grants and grant fiscal years of the city, with cash carryover as a result of that to the Health Dept., second part reflects grants received for Wellness account that weren't in the original budget. Moved by Beyer and Sande to approve. Motion carried.

7. Information.
Deputy Chief O'Neill reported that the fire department has been contracted by G.E. Capital to provide fire watch at Belmont School because of heaters (24-hr.day) and has been doing this for the past two weeks and will continue to do for the next two to three weeks, and they will be replenishing funds to cover those expenses. Information.

8. Gene Schneeweis, 1004 University Avenue, stated he was making request for committee to ask for an independent investigation for the wrong-doing and the improper reporting of the morale investiga-tion, information that was left out deliberately and was a flawed report; that this is not part of the current lawsuit on morale investigation that taxpayers paid $25,000 for, and it was misspent and under the corrupt practices acts of the Home Rule Charter we have right to have investigation, and that is what he is asking for. Chairman Sande asked Mr. Schneeweis if he was going to present something in writing, Mr. Schneeweis stated he would present that after this; and Chairman Sande stated they would not act on anything until he has it in writing so they know exactly what he is asking for. She stated that in the meantime she wanted to remind him that she has the original final report, Management Study of the Grand Forks Police Department, and read "Objectives and Scope" as mentioned in the study: The primary objective was to thoroughly review the current organizational structure and culture within the Grand Forks Police Department to identify any problems and opportunities to improve. In addition to the primary objec-tives of the study the task force identified several other sub-sidiary objectives. Those objectives are to examine the police department's personnel management methods including promotional procedures, selection and recruitment prophecies, performance evaluation system and training and identify improvement oppor-tunities, review the department's operating systems and procedures, policies and strategies, and evaluate them in the context of effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities, assess the organizational culture in the police department, including leader-ship, management, communications, delegation and participation to identify improvement opportunities. The subsidiary objectives identified during the course of conducting the study were review of the proposed master police officer concept, the work schedules for the investigations division, administrative standby pay for watch
commanders, ie., lieutenants and the department's awards program.
Mr. Schneeweis stated that if first phrase read was partly opera-
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tional and if failing to perform operational they're misleading the actual report and not putting all the facts in there so can have a correct operational, if they're misleading the captains and ser-geants, are not following the guidelines and running amok and that's part of that first section. He stated that if they're not organized properly and if the individual's relating to this secret meeting that happened in Pat Owens' office and that's part of the lawsuit and is part of this thing; that if secret meetings are going in the operational part of the police department it's to be well informed that the chief was not informed and he was even misled, then that's not part of the operational standards of the city of Grand Forks. Sande pointed out that is from the Mayor's Office and not from the police department. Mr. Schneeweis reported there was a police department rep. in the meeting. Sande reported that was held at the Mayor's Office.

Beyer moved that they hold this until Mr. Schneeweis has something in writing that they can look at so know exactly what he is asking and because of the lawsuit doesn't think they should address it until he has it in writing.

Sande also presented Mr. Schneeweis with a copy of letter sent to him last October; she stated that Mr. Fischer may or may not be lawyer representing the City in or the ND Insurance Reserve Fund in this issue, however, Mr. Fiedler is in the same law firm so may be acting as Mr. Fischer's rep. in certain issues. She stated that in any case Mr. Fisher was the lawyer for the City for the Insurance Reserve Fund when he gave her this advise and it, therefore, still stands. Sande seconded the motion, and will hold until have a formal letter to the committee. Motion carried.

9. Matter of lowering speed limit on N. 5th Street starting north of St. Michael's and University Avenue.
Kim Stevenson, 1493 South 51st Street (FEMA trailer court), read communication asking for flashing reduced speed signs on North 5th Street near St. Michael's School, that this is very busy street with speed limit of 30 mph, there is school with daycare across the street, parking on both sides of the street, that there is four-way stop light on 5th Avenue North but children don't go to crosslight to cross the street, and asked public safety committee to act as quickly as possible; and most schools have this on their busiest streets. She asked for either flashers or lower speed limit; that she talked with the principal of the school who has been here before and nothing done because of the four-way stop. Ms. Stevenson reported that since the flood there are much heavier type vehicles going down that street, school buses from Central, etc.
Moved by Beyer and Sande to refer this to the traffic engineer and
to come back to committee in two weeks. Motion carried.

Moved by Beyer and Sande to adjourn; meeting adjourned at 7:25 p.m.
Alice Fontaine, City Clerk
Dated: 02/11/98.