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City Council Minutes Page 2 <br />May 1, 2017 <br />----------------------------- <br />4.7 Hold Harmless Agreement, Contract 17-07, between Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities and the City of Elk River. <br />4.8 Hire Karen Keast for Human Resources Technician position effective <br />May 17, 2017 per terms in the staff report. <br /> <br />Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br />5. Open Forum <br /> <br /> No one appeared for Open Forum. <br /> <br />6.1 Update on Hotel Criminal Interdiction <br /> <br />Chief Nierenhausen introduced Officer Jon Christie. <br /> <br /> Officer Christie discussed the following: <br /> <br /> Tactics and indicators for determining criminal activity at hotels. <br /> Types of crimes occurring at hotels, such as drugs, sex trafficking, weapons, etc. <br />human trafficking. <br /> Types of places, such as hotels, long-term stay residences, and campgrounds <br />seeing this type of activity. <br /> <br />Officer Christie provided information to area hotels on what to look for to prevent <br />problems and offered to visit their establishments and provide training. He noted <br />these types of criminal activity aren’t prevalent in Elk River as in other communities. <br /> <br />7. Public Hearings <br /> <br /> There were no public hearings. <br /> <br />8.1. Communications Policy <br /> <br /> Ms. Allard presented the staff report. <br /> <br /> Mr. Portner noted this is an internal policy. <br /> <br /> Moved by Councilmember Ovall and seconded by Councilmember Olsen to <br />acknowledge and accept the Communications Policy. <br /> <br />Motion carried 5-0. <br /> <br />8.2 Discuss Work Session Items <br /> <br /> Mr. Portner presented the staff report. <br /> <br /> <br />