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Work Session Minutes
Tuesday,May 26,2020
Council Chambers
5:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Richard F. Crosby II, Victoria Seals,
Aaron Printup and Matt Johnson. Staff members present were City Administrator Dustin
Rief, Finance Director Ron Olson, Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart,
Director of Public Works/City Engineer, and City Clerk Anna Carlson.
1. Communications Plan
City Administrator Dustin Rief explained the process for implementing the City's
communication plan. Rief also explained plans for gaining emails and interest from
the public for city communications.
There was discussion about how to gain emails from the public to help make sure
communications are reaching everywhere necessary. Also discussed was the
importance of communicating early and often.
Police Chief Correy Farniok spoke about a possible special event application that may
be submitted shortly to the City. Farniok explained areas related to expectations,
route and other important factors that may affect issuance for the parade.
Council Member Victoria Seals asked if Farniok has noticed an increase of irrational
drivers.
Farniok mentioned that the Department had been seeing an uptick of speeding, racing,
and the like.
Seals asked if the police have been preparing for fireworks from private homes
around the lake. Farniok mentioned that the Police Department is preparing and
planning for it.
Adjourned: 5:38 p.m. COI
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Dennis Walsh, Mayor
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Anna Carlson, City Clerk
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