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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026.04.27 CCM STUDY04/27/26 -1- DRAFT MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA STUDY SESSION APRIL 27, 2026 CITY HALL – COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER The Brooklyn Center City Council met in Study Session called to order by Mayor April Graves at 6:01 p.m. ROLL CALL Mayor April Graves, and Councilmembers Dan Jerzak, Teneshia Kragness, and Laurie Ann Moore. Also present were Interim City Manager Darren Nyquist, Deputy City Clerk Kat Ellgren, Planning Manager Ginny McIntosh, Police Chief Garett Flesland, City Clerk Shannon Pettit, and City Attorney Siobhan Tolar. Councilmember Kris Lawrence-Anderson was absent. CITY COUNCIL MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION ITEMS Councilmember Kragness noted there was an error in the minutes; the name Fit Butters was misspelled. She added that there might be some typos on the fees, and she communicated those to the Interim City Manager. One typo was on Utility Services, comparing the 2025 fees to the 2026 fees on page 14 of the Utility Services, for schools, government buildings, and churches, the rate actually went down in 2026, which is probably a typo. In 2025, the fees were $33.08, and in 2026, they were listed at $30.08. Mayor Graves asked if Councilmember Kragness had already identified this with Mr. Nyquist. Councilmember Kragness noted that she identified two missing fees for the miscellaneous services to Mr. Nyquist. There are violation types under administrative penalty on page nine, or page 57 of 131. There were two missing from 2025 to 2026: the parking surface violation 12-316, level two, and tenant protection violation number 12-912(d), level four offense. She added that maybe those fees were changed, or something was overlooked. Councilmember Kragness noted that on page six of the commercial electrical permit, or page 54 of 131, the fees went up to $60 per trip, when they used to be $50 per trip. There are also reinspection fees listed at the bottom, which went up from $50 to $60. The investigation fee was also doubled, which was listed at $1 in 2025. 04/27/26 -2- DRAFT Interim City Manager Daren Nyquist responded that, luckily, Ginny McIntosh is present to answer some of those questions. Councilmember Kragness added that the amount listed for refunds issued for permits only over a certain dollar amount is $120, versus before, when there was no amount listed. She added on page 57 of 131 under miscellaneous services, the administrative system fees, which lists the maximum final total cannot exceed $1,000 in 2025, and in 2026, it states that the amount is $2,000 per assessment period. She noted this had already been discussed, but the same language should be confirmed. Ms. McIntosh explained that the $2,000 under administrative fees was a Council decision. There are a number of other changes that were made that she would look into and get back to the Council on. She noted she was trying to get an answer on the level four tenant protection fee, but was unsure if a fee was ever put in or if it was removed, and she will have to look into it and get back to the Council. Regarding the commercial electrical inspections, the City has a new electrical inspector who requested to increase those fees, so some of the changes are due to outsourcing and fees going up. Some of the other fees discussed were through City Council requests and can be clarified in either a weekly update or at the next Council meeting. Councilmember Kragness noted that the weekly update would be fine. Councilmember Jerzak stated on page 49 of 131 that the Cannabis Registration information should be checked. On page 50 of 131, there is a $5,000 fee listed for the Heritage Center. He asked if that fee is an internal fee or an alcohol fee that the City is paying itself. The other question he had was on page 61 of 131; he thought the Council discussed continuing the $3,000 vacant building fee for buildings that continually remain vacant. He added that he remembered the Council having a discussion about this fee to discourage long-term vacancies. He noted that at the last meeting, he had requested pulling the Planning Commission meeting minutes, and all of that has since been resolved after meeting with Mr. Nyquist. Mayor Graves asked if Staff had any response to Councilmember Jerzak’s questions. Mr. Nyquist responded that he and Staff would get back to those questions in the weekly update. CITY MANAGER MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSION ITEMS CANNABIS REGISTRATION LOTTERY Mr. Nyquist explained that tonight was supposed to be more entertaining with the lottery process, but there have been some developments over the last week with the OCM and the process. He introduced City Clerk Shannon Pettit to give an update on the lottery. Ms. Pettit noted there is a bingo cage in the Chamber, and the intent was for the lottery to happen for the first Cannabis Registration license tonight. When last presented, the City Clerk’s office had two completed license applications ready for the lottery and 12 pending applications. After 04/27/26 -3- DRAFT doing some information verification on pending applicants, Staff learned that there was only one applicant who qualified for the lottery and would not need to use the bingo cage. She added that despite there only being one applicant tonight, they are excited to move forward with the process. Mayor Graves noted that the maximum is only three or four applicants, so one is a step in the right direction. She added that it is disappointing that some of the applications didn’t make it through the vetting process and is curious what the issues were, but does not want to publicly state anything about anyone’s business. The Council will try to support the applicants within reason with knowledge and education. Ms. Pettit noted that she expects to see the applicants come back, and that is the hope. POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT Mr. Nyquist introduced Police Chief Garett Flesland to provide the Police Department's annual report. Chief Flesland explained that he would give a brief update on the Police Department and what they are seeing in terms of workload and crime trends. The Department is extremely busy, and the numbers will show that, especially the slides at the end of the presentation. He noted that there are quite a few slides in this presentation, and the Council can review the slides in more detail later, but he will answer any questions the Council may have either in an upcoming weekly meeting or a future dialogue. Chief Flesland described Staffing levels for the Department over the last five years. In 2024, the Department lost funding for an auto theft investigator, but gained one detective position and one sergeant position. In October 2021, the Department was at the lowest number of sworn Staff they have ever had at 34 officers. Since 2021, 46 officers have been hired, and 49 have retired, resigned, or been separated. The Department has since been operating on average at 80 percent of authorized sworn staff, and right now has 42 sworn officers. This year, the Department has hired four police officers and had another hire planned in September, once that officer finishes her training. The Department will be inviting additional applicants for interviews in the next few weeks. He added that in addition to the current officer hiring process, the Department is in the middle of the CSO hiring process and has interviewed several applicants in the past few weeks. The Department would also like to eventually get two cadets back in place. Chief Flesland explained that last year, Department Staff responded to and worked through over 41,000 incidents. It is an extremely busy and dynamic environment the Department is operating in, and the call load averages almost 114 calls a day, or 4.76 calls per hour, or equal to a call every 12.7 minutes of the year. Mayor Graves asked if Chief Flesland knew what the Staffing level was in 2010 and 2011. Chief Flesland answered that the Department was authorized 49 positions, but was routinely at 46 to 49. The Department was typically one to two positions short because of either retirements or significant injuries. 04/27/26 -4- DRAFT Chief Flesland added that the Council could dig in and digest specific numbers related to the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) using the handouts provided. What stands out is that violent crime has fluctuated over time, with some higher periods and lower periods. During COVID and the civil unrest era, there was a noticeable increase, which was consistent with what many other communities also experienced. The encouraging part is that in 2025, there were 169 violent crimes, which is a 21 percent reduction from 2024. This means there were 46 fewer violent crimes in Brooklyn Center than the previous year. This number places Brooklyn Center back into the range that it had historically been over the past 35 years, and is evidence of moving back towards some long-term stability. Chief Flesland noted that recent gun-related statistics show that the only increase is the number of weapons recovered. So far in 2026, the Department is up 90 percent in weapons recoveries. This time in 2025, the Department had recovered 20 weapons, versus 38 so far this year. Mayor Graves asked what Chief Flesland attributed that difference to. Chief Flesland noted that part of it is that there are a lot more weapons out on the street. There are people manufacturing their own guns, and he noted that, although he cannot prove it with statistics, people are more brazen and bringing guns to a lot of incidents. He added that when he was in high school, he was worried about fist fights and occasionally someone had a knife, but now there are a lot of young people with handguns that seem to bring them everywhere. Mayor Graves stated that means people have more access. Chief Flesland agreed with Mayor Graves. Chief Flesland continued that robberies went down 34 percent, but assaults on loss prevention during thefts went up 33 percent from 2024 to 2025. This accounted for most types of robberies, and he noted he was not aware of this before. Mayor Graves asked Chief Flesland to explain what that means. Chief Flesland noted that when a theft is taking place, a retail establishment tries to confront the thief, and the thief uses force to get away to take the property, which means it is no longer a theft; it is a robbery. This is the most frequent robbery with assault on loss prevention, which is a concerning trend in thefts in general, in shoplifting. Chief Flesland noted that aggravated assaults went down by 20 percent, and non-domestic related aggravated assaults went down by 30 percent. There is still a concern about domestic-related aggravated assaults, which are up now compared to five or ten years ago. Mayor Graves pointed out that it is not just in Brooklyn Center. Chief Flesland agreed that those are up everywhere and that trend is concerning because the police cannot do anything to prevent them from happening in someone's home. He added that it is why it is so important for the police to get involved in low- level domestic violence cases where physical violence has not happened, to get resources to people to prevent the cycle of violence. 04/27/26 -5- DRAFT Chief Flesland added that all burglaries went down 29 percent, and residential burglaries went down 52 percent. Unfortunately, theft went up as a whole to 28 percent in 2025, and shoplifting became a challenge. Shoplifting went up 57 percent from 2024 and 143 percent from 2023. This will come up again when discussing proactive patrols, as the Department saw this trend happening and targeted retail and commercial areas to provide more resources in those areas. He added that despite this, auto theft went down 51 percent, and in 2024, Hyundai and Kia accounted for over half of the auto thefts in Brooklyn Center, and last year thefts of those vehicle makes went down 72 percent from 2024. Mayor Graves noted that there has been an uptick in auto thefts recently, and asked if the Department has seen that in Brooklyn Center. Chief Flesland noted that he has seen some, but not like neighboring communities have. Mayor Graves encouraged Staff to utilize the county program that is meant to get in front of the problem with young people, identify them, and stop them from repeating those actions. She added that if the Police Department has not been in contact with those new partners on that, they should utilize that resource to try to keep those numbers low. Chief Flesland stated that the department does share that information in their crime analysis, and it does get forwarded on to the county entities. Chief Flesland noted that shots heard 911 calls have also decreased since 2016, which is in alignment with the gun-related slide from earlier showing that all numbers are down, with the exception of weapon recoveries. Chief Flesland explained that the trend of 911 calls received for group homes or congregate care facilities since 2009 averaged just over 10 calls per day to those facilities. Other calls received for mental problems, which is the term used to align with current computer-aided dispatch codes and terminology, the combined number of those types of calls for service for mental problems and welfare checks went down for the first time since 2017. Mayor Graves added that the hope is that there are fewer repeat calls because people are getting connected to the necessary resources, but more data would be good. Chief Flesland continued that in 2025, the City’s expanded response teams were the primary responders to 416 welfare check or mental problem calls for service. It is reasonable to conclude that ERT is having an impact on some of the 911 calls that Police Officers have traditionally responded to. When combining the Police and ERT calls, overall, the responders from the City did in fact continue to respond to more of those types of calls in 2025 than in previous years. The numbers are still going up, but some of them are being taken by ERT instead of Police Officers. Mayor Graves noted that the need is continuing to increase, and from her interactions with the community, mental health is definitely a concern, and that trend will probably continue because of the traumatic events that have happened in 2026. It will be good to continue to have those additional resources. 04/27/26 -6- DRAFT Chief Flesland noted that in 2025, there were just under 1,100 views of the crime statistic dashboard on the City's websites. This averages to just over three views per day in 2025. The Department posted information about the dashboard on their social media sites on October 2, 7, 30th, and November 30th and it seems to correlate with the spikes and overall increase in views. In October and November, the specific crime statistics dashboard, along with the other information regularly posted on the Police data dashboard page of the City's websites, is significantly underutilized as a resource by the community. There is more information that is being published and posted on a regular basis that people just are not digesting. Mayor Graves stated that Staff should figure out a way to communicate with a push or a campaign, so that people know about that resource and that the City is making concerted efforts around transparency related to crime statistics. Chief Flesland noted that one of the tools of technology they have been using in their current fight and Public Safety efforts is the mobile camera trailers. In 2025, there were a combined total of 58 deployments between two trailers. These are not short one-day deployments, and in most cases, these deployment/multiple days or even weeks. On average, deployments range from 11 to 17 days per location, which allows the department to stabilize areas that are experiencing ongoing issues, whether it's vehicle break-ins, nuisance activity, illegal dumping, or problems that specific apartment complexes are having. The key advantage of these mobile camera trailers is flexibility. The department can deploy these clips quickly where the need is, without having to install any kind of permanent infrastructure, and because the trailers are highly visible, they serve both as a deterrent and as a tool for gathering evidence. Overall, these trailers have become a force multiplier for the department, extending our presence without requiring additional staffing. This is part of how the department is working to address issues in a more targeted and efficient way, focusing on specific locations and problems rather than relying solely on broad patrol coverage. Chief Flesland continued that the Department has continued to work on building out its drone program. It is still in its early stages, but has already been used in a few real-world situations searching for individuals and evidence, as well as assisting other City departments. This is not something that the Department is using every day yet, but it is a tool that has clear potential to improve safety and efficiency. In 2025, there were two operational flights, and in 2026, there were six. There was a flight today to positively identify whose jurisdiction an encampment was in, and the drone allowed the Department to do so fairly easily. Chief Flesland added that the Department continued to use Automated License Plate Readers (ALPR), and this is not a new technology for the city. He noted that the Department had used them while they were mounted on some of their squad cars several years ago, from at least early 2013 through 2017. Currently, the Department has been using them at some fixed locations throughout the city since July 2023. This has led to 23 stolen vehicles being recovered and 19 arrests associated with those cases just from 2025. Since 2023, the Department has positively attributed 72 stolen vehicle recoveries to ALPR technology. 04/27/26 -7- DRAFT Mayor Graves asked how many ALPR’s are in the City. Chief Flesland noted they lease 10 of them through a grant program, but only nine are operational. He noted that in 2025, ALPRs supported over 145 criminal investigations, helping identify vehicles, locate suspects, and in some cases connect cases across jurisdictions. Specific examples of using ALPR include a carjacking, where the Department used ALPR data to identify the suspect vehicle, track the suspect's movements, and corroborate information with cell phone data, which led to the suspect's arrest by U.S. Marshals in North Dakota. In that case specifically, detectives were clear that without ALPR data, that case never would have been solved. In another case, a Brooklyn Center resident had a $10,000 necklace stolen. The Department was able to identify the suspect vehicle using ALPR data, which led them to an organized group committing robberies across multiple states. The vehicle that was used in Brooklyn Center was ultimately tracked out of state, and the suspect was arrested with the victim's property recovered. In another case, the ALPR data led directly to arrests involving illegally possessed firearms. During that stop of a stolen vehicle, officers recovered a loaded firearm, fentanyl, cocaine, and other drugs from a convicted felon who was not allowed to possess firearms. Chief Flesland continued that one of the biggest benefits of using ALPR data is to identify stolen vehicles within the City, and instead of pursuing them, they safely box them in with Police vehicles in order to recover them, reducing the risk to the public. This tool is producing real results and helping the Department work smarter, across multiple jurisdictions. It is not a standalone situation, but has been a valuable tool in helping the Department be more efficient and effective in investigations. He added that Flock ALPR is the vendor that the City is currently using and is shared with 49 Minnesota Police agencies, and one regional information sharing system, which is MOCIC. MOCIC is a clearing house of sorts that the Department uses to deconflict criminal investigations that are being conducted and allows the Department to see if another agency or jurisdiction is conducting an investigation that might overlap with Brooklyn Center's. Mayor Graves asked if the sharing agreement with those 50 organizations prohibits them from sharing that data with anyone outside of the 50 that were identified by the City. Chief Flesland confirmed that the data is for those organizations only. Chief Flesland added that the Flock ALPR data is available on the City's website under the Police data dashboard, with a link to a transparency portal from Flock. This link will show who the City has agreements to share data with, as well as a copy of the City's policy and the last 30 days' worth of data, including unique vehicles or license plates that the system has captured. Mayor Graves asked if the contract the City has with Flock right now is over. Chief Flesland responded that the contract ends in June 2027. Mayor Graves asked if there was any interest in looking into any of the contracted companies that other cities are using. Chief Flesland noted that he and other Staff have had multiple conversations with multiple vendors, and technology and pricing are changing fast. So it behooves the City to know as much as possible about multiple vendors to make the right decision at the right time. This could mean choosing a vendor that hits the sweet spot between capabilities and pricing structures. Mayor Graves noted that means Chief Flesland is going to keep his finger on the pulse. Chief Flesland stated he has more meetings scheduled regarding this on his calendar now. 04/27/26 -8- DRAFT Chief Flesland explained that the Department focused on identifying unique and meaningful engagement events in 2025. These events included meetings, outreach, problem-solving, and events tied to specific people or specific locations. After removing various administrative activities, he could identify at least 150 community engagement events in 2025. These events are led by the JCPP community liaison and the Crime Prevention Specialist, along with the Community Services division as a whole, who are focused on those ongoing relationships and problem-solving efforts. Much of the work is centered on individuals and locations that are driving repeat calls for service, so it is not just a one-time contact, but rather a sustained engagement over time. This does not capture everything related to community engagement and partnerships; every day, Staff are interacting with residents, victims, businesses, and community members multiple times a day. Those interactions may not show up in a report like this, but they matter in building trust in serving the community. Additionally, Staff put in 4,280 hours for training across a wide variety of subjects and topics, including weekly ethics training that is taking place in roll calls and small group discussions. Chief Flesland continued that when he provided his 2024 annual report last March, one of the initiatives mentioned was a series of proactive enforcement details based on identified crime trends and hotspot areas. That idea evolved into seven weeks of focused details last year. This was intentional to try to impact the theft and shoplifting trends that the City is seeing in retail areas. The Department has always been busy, but in 2025, the Department had 4,275 incoming pieces of evidence and over 7,000 phone calls to the main telephone number. This works out on average to 28 phone calls each workday. There were 2,210 requests for data reports or videos, averaging out to just under nine data requests each day last year. Chief Flesland noted that the Department continues to make steady progress and sees positive trends in key areas. The Department is being thoughtful in how they are using resources and technology, and continuing to focus on the people and locations that drive the most calls for service. He added that he was proud of the work that the officers and professional Staff are doing every day as they serve this community. He noted that the Department is not where they want to be yet, but they are moving in the right direction. Councilmember Moore thanked Chief Flesland for the presentation and commended him on his interview on CCX media, as it was very uplifting and informative. Chief Flesland stated he was excited to do that interview, and CCX media reached out to both him and Fire Chief Berg, and thinks they will be included in future opportunities like that. Councilmember Jerzak stated that everyone is aware of the challenges the Department continues to encounter in recruiting new police officers, especially with the expected wave of retirements around the corner. He asked what role technology will play in the future, especially as other cities like Minnetonka send up drones, which become more of a force multiplier at a cheaper cost without the burnout factor. The math on the increase of calls to group homes alone comes out to 9.26 calls per 24 hours, and overall, the City is asking officers to do more and more. He asked Chief Flesland what technology would potentially have the most impact. 04/27/26 -9- DRAFT Chief Flesland noted that the new technology is incredibly exciting and will be a part of future crime fighting, and will allow the Department to do things smarter, safer, and more efficiently, but policing is still a person-to-person endeavor. Technology like AI can process all kinds of information, but ultimately, a man or a woman has to go out and interact face-to-face with a suspect, or a victim, or some kids in a park that want to play football. When the Department had its workload study done in 2023, that study said the Department needed 12 more officers than they have right now to be running on all cylinders, and the Department needs more officers than they are authorized right now, but that may have to meld with technology. He noted that he cannot predict where the Department is going to be, but a lot of the future is going to be regional aspects, as people are so mobile that they leave one jurisdiction and go to another. Part of that technology is going to be sharing information, and there are legal guardrails that are up, but ultimately, agencies need to be able to share information in a timely manner. He added that different agencies use different databases and software systems, and it will be about looking at all the information and getting the right analyst to give refined information to the right cop who is going to do something with that information. Councilmember Jerzak asked if the ALPR readers are worth the investment and cost-effective. Chief Flesland stated that they are a beneficial technology. The ALPR readers give a lot of data that helps the Department leverage to find information, such as in a kidnapping case that he did not mention earlier. He noted that he does not want to scare people, but there is a lot of data out there that the ALPR readers give to the Department that they can use justifiably based on probable cause and legal doctrine in a timely manner, and many of the cases that have been solved would not have been solved without the ALPR readers. It is important that there are safeguards in place, and the information from these ALPR readers is used for criminal investigations and nothing beyond that. As people recognize how valuable and critical this data is, there will probably be more ALPR vendors that come out in the next year and a half. Councilmember Jerzak stated that Chief Flesland had 10 licenses, but only nine of them were being used, and asked if there was a particular reason. Chief Flesland answered that the Department is working extremely diligently, but when looking at City roads versus county roads, and trying to get everything lined up just right, sometimes it is a struggle when working with other entities and organizations. The benefit is that the Department is not paying for a service that they are not using. Mayor Graves noted that there are a lot of benefits to this technology, but the main reason she brought it up is balancing the investment and people's privacy, and how the general public feels about surveillance and how that data is shared or not shared. It is important to ensure that the company aligns with the ethics that the City espouses. Councilmember Kragness agreed that the crime statistic dashboard is an underutilized tool. She added that the goal of technology is never to replace good policing; it should be used to support smarter, safer, and more accountable policing. Mayor Graves noted that Chief Flesland mentioned the weekly ethics training that the Department is doing, which will be discussed later with the Council, as well as other training that is probably 04/27/26 -10- DRAFT on some kind of rotation. She stated she would be interested in hearing what those trainings are and if they are different than the training that was being received in 2020 and 2021. She asked if there had been any internal discussions since the assassination of Representative Hortman and the attempted assassination of Senator Hoffman around crisis response, chain of command, and what that means for keeping Staff and Councilmembers safe, as well as community members. She added that the suspect in that case walked right through Brooklyn Center to get to where he was ultimately apprehended, and there was a breakdown in communication as well as any kind of protocol in a crisis response situation regarding who is informed first within the City, and how Councilmembers are informed. If those conversations are not happening, she would like an update on what has been discussed since that assassination. She noted that there was an officer-involved shooting at IHOP, with multiple different agencies involved with that, but when there was an assassin in the area, there were no squads to stop by the Councilmember's homes. There needs to be a threshold for crisis response, a chain of command, as well as mutual aid, discussed. She asked what the threshold is for an emergency operations center that is not just for the police, but for the rest of the community, City Staff, and Councilmembers, and would like a follow-up on that. She added that recently, at the state level, impersonating a law enforcement officer changed to a felony charge, and that is an important first step. Chief Flesland noted that he would get a snapshot of the training that the Staff is going through for the Council. He explained that there is a set of training courses that Police Department Staff have to complete, with post licenses that have to be renewed every three years. He added that the assassination of Representative Hortman and the attempted assassination of Senator Hoffman were discussed by some agencies involved in a briefing held at the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Executive Training Institute two weeks ago that he attended. He noted that the case is still an active criminal investigation because of some long-reaching roots, and he could not discuss much about it, but there are some lessons learned and some things that were done well. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) was contracted to do an after-action report and was in the area actively a few weeks ago, and interviewed at least one Brooklyn Center officer who was involved, to try to wrap their heads around everything. He added that from what he learned a few weeks ago, there was a lot more going on with that incident than what was portrayed in the media and when the after-action report comes out, it will be a good read for everyone including elected officials with some best practices that are going to be reinforced as well as lessons learned, and communication is going to be one of those things. Mayor Graves asked when that report is going to come out. Chief Flesland stated he did not know, but the IACP was in town interviewing some of the key players in the incident, which could be close to 100 people, if not more. This fall would probably be the earliest that the report would come out. Mayor Graves requested that Chief Flesland keep her updated. Councilmember Jerzak added that the Representative Hortman shooting will be one year ago in June, and at the very minimum, there needs to be work done with the Staff to update emergency procedures for at least notifying critical individuals, which is a simple thing to do. He added that the alleged assassin was only a few blocks from his house, and it was very unsettling, and while all the Councilmembers called each other when it happened, they did not have anything else. 04/27/26 -11 - DRAFT Chief Flesland pointed out that the Department did have officers go to specific locations that morning in the City, based on information that they had, and were prioritizing and triaging information as they were working through it. He acknowledged that there is always more communication that could have been done. Mayor Graves noted that it is important not only because the Council cares about people's safety, but because they want people to be willing to run for office and serve on Councils for $10,000 a year, when there is also a risk of lunatics that might come after you because they do not agree with something that you said. It is not just about maintaining safety, but also about maintaining democracy, and the rhetoric and the danger do not seem like they have subsided. Mayor Graves thanked Chief Flesland and the rest of the Police Department for continuing to protect and serve. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Graves moved, Councilmember Jerzak seconded to adjourn the Study Session at 6:52 p.m. Motion passed unanimously.