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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />November 21, 2022 <br />Page 13 <br />There was none. <br />ROLL CALL: AYES: All Motion Carried <br />NAYS: None Expenditure Approved <br />Council President Schutt stated, motion carries. <br />ANY OTHER MATTER THAT MAY COME BEFORE COUNCIL <br />Mr. Arndt stated, I know that K-9 Officer Leo is retiring at the end of this month. I was <br />wondering what our plans were to replace Officer Leo. Is there anything in the works at all? <br />Chief Matias replied, he's retiring at the end of December and at this point we have no plans on a <br />replacement. <br />Mr. Arndt asked, are we not looking to replace him or is it not in the budget? <br />Chief Matias replied, we are not looking to replace him right now. <br />Mr. Arndt stated, okay. <br />Chief Matias stated, I mean, Leo's done a fantastic job. It's just moving forward, just looking at <br />Leo's activity over the past 10 years, I just don't think there's enough to move directly into <br />getting another dog. It's something we haven't ruled out forever. It's just at this point, I don't <br />see any need to immediately replace the K-9. <br />Mr. Arndt stated, okay. <br />Mr. Murphy asked, Chief, what about the surrounding cities, do the surrounding cities have one <br />in case they needed something at the high school? <br />Chief Matias replied, any time we need a K-9, we can get one. There's a lot of agencies that <br />have them. There's plenty of K -9's available if we need one. <br />Mr. Arndt asked, what's the cost of something like that? <br />Chief Matias replied, I think the initial cost just to purchase a dog is $10,000. But you would <br />also have to buy a new car and outfit the car. I don't know what additional expenses there are. <br />Again, I don't feel it's really so much the expense, it's just that if we were to do another K-9 <br />program, what would the goal of the program be that would best serve our needs? That would be <br />something we would have to look at and discuss and at this point, I just don't see an immediate <br />need for a replacement. <br />Mr. Murphy asked, are you going to have a parade for K-9 Leo like they did in Willoughby? <br />