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Department Reports A. Human Rights Nothing new to report. B. Allina Health For Dave Matteson's presentation/report, refer to Public Hearing/Presentation above. C. Volunteers in Public Safety (VIPS) Commissioner Woods presented the following items of note: • VIPS held their monthly meeting on September 24th. • VIPS assisted with the September Blood Drive; 27 units of blood were collected. Many donors return now as 17 have already signed up for the next Blood Drive which will be on November 12th • Shredding Day was well received with 186 cars using this service. • Fire Department Open House is scheduled for Monday, October 2g, rom 6-8 pm. VIPS will help with Kid ID and will be selling bike helmets. • VIPS will help distribute glow sticks and glow necklaces for use on Halloween. • SantaCop will be starting soon. VIPS assist Office McNeely with this program. • CERT Training took place on September 24th in two sessions covering Hazardous Materials Awareness and Blood Bourne Pathogen training. • The Graffiti Team will record the Public Safety Spotlight on October 29th which will cover graffiti removal. ' D. Public Safety/Homeland Security Update Deputy Director Paetznick gave an update the police officer hiring process. We are filling positions created by the retirement of Detective Sykes and the resignation of Officer Bengtson. The hiring process included the application process, a written test and interviews. Job offers have been made to Matthew Farmer, who will start later this week, and Ian Craig, who will start in a couple of weeks. There is also a 28th officer in the 2014 budget which would backfill for the Elementary School SRO and we anticipate at]list one retirement in 2014. Deputy Director Paetznive date on the fire fighter hiring process. For this application process, 35 applications were recei nd 34 applicants attended one of the mandatory informational meetings. Twenty-four plicants took the written testing with 22 passing the written test and moving on the physical agility testing which will be held this Saturday, October 5th Deputy Director Paetznick also noted that Officer Hyland has returned to work after completion of his military deployment. Council Liaison A. Council Report No Report.