City Council Minutes 10-27-2005 SpecialMINUTES
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND POLICE COMMISSION
Thursday, October 27, 200 - 7 p.m.
Councilmembers Present: Wayne Mayer and Tom Perrault
Councilmembers Absent: Glen Posusta, Clint Herbst and Brian Stumpf
Police Commission
Members Present: Brad Fyle and Dick Slais
Sheriff's Department
Representatives Present: Sheriff Gary Miller, Dan Anselment, Mike Evans and Joe Hagerty
Staff: City Administrator, Rick Wolfsteller and Deputy City Administrator, Jeff
O'Neill
The purpose of the joint meeting was to discuss the idea of Monticello establishing a public safety
informational meeting for city residents that could provide information on why the City of Monticello
contracts for its police protection services through the Wright County Sheriff Department and provide a
forum for allowing citizens to ask questions regarding our public safety services through the police and
fire department.
Sheriff Miller noted that his department has prepared a basic informational program that he could
present at a open forum meeting describing the benefits his department provides in contracting with
various local communities including Monticello. The committee brainstormed other ideas on what
type of agenda could be prepared for an informational meeting and it was noted that possibly a public
safety open house meeting could be conducted in conjunction with a MEADA program being planned
for early next year. It was the consensus of the committee members that conducting a open house
format for the public in conjunction with a drug educational program may attract more citizens to
attend and city staff should works towards utilizing the Mississippi Room in the Community Center for
this program on a Saturday.
The idea of a joint program involving the Sheriff's Department and Fire Department in conjunction
with the MEADA program will be discussed by the MEADA representatives at their next meeting and
if they are in concurrence with this idea, a date will be scheduled for early next year. Police
Commission may meet again in late November or early December to review the results of the MEADA
meeting and continue planning for a joint open house.
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Recording Secretary