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Regular Council Meeting - 6-18-01 Page 9 line that we walk. It is a difficult. decision for us. It goes beyond what our police would like us to do but it goes to core values. Mayor Rinker said only because Dr. Parker indicated how we expressed this and the perception that I had had and I related this was that Council has not voted and there was discussion; the impression I had was that Council was seeming to lean in favor of it but there had not been any decision made. I think in all fairness to you, that is what I had related. That was a perception that I had. The other thing I will comment on: it seems there are at least 2 primary issues-the one that was expressed previously by both Mr. Buckholtz and Mrs. Peirce and the one that I think has been a major component the way this has been presented to the community and that is that SPAN was looking to acquire a new vehicle anyway, basically to carry personnel, that it would need certain requirements (that was part of the memo of Chief Stevens) and that, again, was very much the focus of discussion. Mr. Buckholtz said it was also protecting our personnel that got me interested in this. Council President Marquardt said it does seem contrary to our community policing and those types of efforts in avoidance of crime and I would certainly like to see whatever operating procedure has been written for this vehicle that defines when it would be used and who is responsible for its use and its command. That is one thing I would request prior to a vote being taken here. _ Mr. Buckholtz said I second that. Council President Marquardt asked if there were any other comments. Hany Iminke, in the audience, said we are talking about one vehicle and many suburbs. Where do we house it? Is it going to be permanently with one municipality? Is it going to be rotated so everybody gets a crack at displaying the vehicle? Council President Marquardt said I think that is something that would probably be spelled out in this operating procedure as well. Mayor Rinker said there was an observation, I believe Richmond Heights, which is currently undergoing reconstruction of its facilities, has speced out it would house this piece of equipment. Typically the SPAN communities will have a variety of equipment and various resources such as training that are pretty well distributed amongst the communities. So it is not uncommon for one community to have one thing and another something else. In this instance my understanding is Richmond Heights would have the roof over this. Executive Session Council President Marquardt said the executive session is for the purposes of discussing real estate matters.