04-09-13 OPC MinutesOtsego Police Commission Minutes
April 9, 2013
Present: Dana VanDenBerg, Paul Fields, Denise Andrusko, Rob VanDenBerg, Sally Dufner, Meghan Anderson, Mayor
Jessica Stockamp, Jason Warehime, Ross Demant, Jim Breitbach, BJ DeBoer.
Police Officer: Oltmanns
Meeting called to order at: 6:35p.m.
Informational Handouts reviewed- Received and reviewed.
Agenda: APPROVED
MINUTES from: March 12, 2013—Approved
OPEN FORUM (5 minute limit): Jason updated us on a meeting that he and Vern attended with the Albertville Fire
Department; they will be attending their monthly meetings. Albertville has 27 full time firefighters 3 live in Otsego.
Albertville will be doing Fire Inspections of the West side of Otsego. They will be training Ice Water Rescue. They are
looking at the Golf Course Fire Hydrants with the City to come up with options to increase the pressure. Jason will
update us as needed.
Law Enforcement Updates & Discussion — Discussion of fights at Cowboy Jacks last weekend that resulted in a person
sustaining injuries and needing medical attention. Both Otsego Police cars were tied up with the bar fight, in turn they
eeded to call for another car to cover Otsego. The Police Commission found this to be of concern The Police
commission would like Jessica and Jason to discuss this with the City Council and the Bar Owners and review the
ordinance. We would like the City to review the increase of calls, and polices that Boondocks and Cowboy Jacks have in
place to see if changes need to be made.
Old Business:
® June 11, 2013- Otsego Safety Camp- will be posted in the View and on the Otsego City website. Volunteer's
welcome- must stop at City Hall and have a background check done. Ross provided us with an agenda of the
Safety Camp.
New Business:
Spring Clean Up: May 14 — our next meeting, Paul will pick up bags.
National Night Out- Will discuss at a later meeting.
City Council Meeting Updates- Nothing note worthy
City Council Meeting Assignments:
® April 22th - Paul
® May 13th- B1
?xt Meeting: May 14, 2013- Road Clean Up
Meeting Adjourned 8:20 p.m.