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Deputy Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, will be the featured speaker. Senator Amy Klobuchar will be sending in a video thank you. The Suburban Ramsey County Beyond the Yellow Ribbon Community Program will be formally "proclaimed"by Governor Dayton on May 17th at the St. Paul Saints game at 7 pm. Also,New Brighton is sponsoring an event which will be a welcome home reception for returning Sergeant Timothy Miller. The welcome home reception is joint effort with Parks and Rec and Public Safety and will be held at Freedom Park on Saturday, May 12, from 9 am to noon. The family will be picked up in a fire truck. Parks and Rec organized the refreshments and decorations. All Public Safety Commissioners are welcome to attend. On April 14th the annual Fire Banquet was held at the Mermaid. Captain Mike Schute, who also works for Parks and Rec, was recognized with the 2011 Firefighter of the Year Award and Deputy Director Tony Paetznick received an Excellence in Training Award for all of his work with the group of 9 new firefighters in getting them thru all of their training needed during their first year. Deputy Director Paetznick was nominated by these new firefighters. Firefighter Charlie Prasek received the Golden Pager award for the highest response percentage in 2011. Recent retirees Brian Goodwin and Steve Nerheim were recognized for their service and presented with their retirement watches. Council Liaison A. Council Report Council Member Samuelson noted the following items: • At the last Council meeting, salary increases for non-union employees was discussed. It was a long meeting. • The city"Shredding Day"will be on May 5. • The Northwest Youth& Family Services (NYFS) Leadership Lunch will be on Wednesday, May 2. • Commissioner Woods has been appointed to stay on the Public Safety Commission as the VIPS Representative. The Public Safety Commission will now have 10 members. • The New Brighton Rotary distributed trees to the 4th graders on Friday for Arbor Day. Old Business No old business. New Business No new business. Adjourn Commissioner Bredenbeck motioned to adjourn the April 2012 Public Safety Commission meeting; seconded by Commissioner Donohue. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:06 pm.