HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-27-23 CC WS Meeting Minutes
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
Mayor
Amáda Márquez Simula
Councilmembers
Connie Buesgens
Kt Jacobs
Rachel James
Justice Spriggs
Interim City Manager
Kevin Hansen
City Hall—Shared Vision Room, 3989 Central Ave NE
Monday, November 27, 2023
5:00 PM
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 5:02pm.
Present: Mayor Márquez Simula; Councilmember Buesgens; Councilmember Jacobs; Councilmember
James, Councilmember Spriggs
Also Present: Lenny Austin, Chief of Police; Kevin Hansen, Interim City Manager; Sara Ion, City Clerk;
Erik Johnston, Police Captain; Scott Mueller, BCA Deputy Superintendent; Jake May, BCA.
WORK SESSION ITEMS
1. Presentation by BCA Deputy Superintendent of Investigations Scott Mueller regarding
BCA’s Violent Crime Reduction Unit.
Chief Austin introduced Deputy Superintendent Mueller, and Superintendent Mueller gave
an overall presentation of the history of and the impact of the BCA’s Violent Crime
Reduction Unit. Superintendent Mueller also gave information on the specific impacts that
the program has made and how it would be beneficial to have a Columbia Heights Officer
assigned to the program.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 5:40pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Sara Ion, City Clerk/Council Secretary