This brief meeting (approximately 6 minutes) opened with the promotion of a police sergeant, followed by a public hearing on a solar panel variance, and a code amendment regarding department appointments. No public comments were made. All consent agenda items were approved as a block.
Uh we have a fairly brief agenda tonight. Um Diane, apparently the uh administrative changes that you're asking for in terms of department control are very controversial. Um kind of full room here tonight. Actually we have the promotion of an officer to sergeant today, so uh we're looking forward to that. Otherwise, uh very brief agenda. Ms. No, any changes the agenda. No, Miss Mayor. Uh council any changes the agenda. No sir. I'll take a motion. Motion to adopt the agenda is presented. Second. That's moved and seconded. Uh any further discussion on the agenda. Seeing none, all those gonna say I oppose nay. That motion carries and we have an agenda. Um I'll move right to uh recognitions and presentations. Uh and the administration of the oath of office to newly promoted Egan police sergeant David Strefland. Chief New, how are you? All right, Chief Mayor, how you doing? I'm doing well. That's good. Good to see you. Good to see you as well. Uh Mayor and Council. Uh I would like to uh begin by saying thank you for giving us the opportunity tonight to uh promote our newly appointed uh Sergeant Dave Streflin. I know Dave has some special guests here joining this evening. Uh his wife Aaron and his son Maxwell and uh Winston are here joining us. As well as his mother Deb and Tom. So um I want to extend a heart fill uh thank you for each of you being here this evening, um to recognize uh Dave and more importantly I want you each to know who I am because of probably gonna be some moments in time where Dave comes home complaining about the G I want you to know who he's referring to. So you assume that doesn't act happening. But in all seriousness, I would like to thank each of you uh for being here and more importantly for making the sacrifice um by allowing Dave to be part of uh this thing called policy. Um I know there's many days and often times where you probably wonder what he's doing at work and I simply want you to know he's making a difference each and every day. Um mayor council. Um I will simply say to all of you that uh you know the difference that's being made in the community. I look in the back of the room and I see a number of police officers that are here and I wish we had a number of firefighters that were here. I I Chief Surro is going to blame me for this because I didn't tell him there was a swearing in tonight. But when you think about the amazing work that takes place, we saw that firsthand yesterday afternoon. And we heard a call go out with involving a three-year-old child. And many of the people you see back in the back of the room, and a number of our firefighters here in this community responded, and they saved a young man's life. And he's doing much better, David. And they gave him a chance. And we are fortunate to have people like Dave Streflin take the reins of leadership here in the community and lead uh our group of staff members. But these folks in the back of the room, along with our firefighters uh in our community, saved a young man's life, and that's the amazing work that these folks do, and that's what your dad, your son, and your husband do each and every day. So thank you for sharing them with us. Now, a little bit about Dave. Um Dave is a member of our SWAT team. Um, he's also served as a field training officer and a useful force instructor, and he continues to help lead our youth safety uh uh classes here in um the use use firearm safety courses here in the city. Uh Dave has also helped countless businesses, churches, and schools with active shooter drills.