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June 13, 2017 Page 2 of 6 • PREC Minutes from May 10, 2017. • EDC Minutes from May 3, 2017. S]L)ecial Order of Business 1. Website Award — MAGC Northern Lights Contest "Silver" Award. City Manager Lotter stated the City began a website overhaul last year. He explained the City worked with Michelle Wheeler from Spectrum on this project He indicated City Clerk Marohn and Deputy Clerk Daniloff submitted an application to MAGC for their Northern Lights Contest. He was pleased to report the City of New Brighton received a Silver Award based on the great work the City was doing to community with its residents through the new website. He presented the Mayor with the Silver Award and asked Michelle Wheeler to step up to the podium. Mayor Johnson thanked Ms. Wheeler for the tremendous work she completed on behalf ofthe City and appreciated the fact the Council had selected this homegrown talent to redo the website. Michelle Wheeler, Spectrum, appreciated the Council's recognition and stated she loved website design due to its creative data filled nature. Councilmember Strub thanked Ms. Wheeler for the high-quality consulting services she provided to the City on the website. Councilmember Jacobsen appreciated how far the City's website had come. He thanked Ms. Wheeler for all of her efforts and encouraged New Brighton residents to visit the City's website. Councilmember Burg stated she was proud ofthe fact the City Council had selected Ms. Wheeler to assist with the website redesign and congratulated her on her efforts. Mayor Johnson was proud of the work staffand Ms. Wheeler had completed on behalfofthe City. A round of applause was offered by all in attendance. 2. Acceptance of 20 Naloxone Responder Kits from the For Jake's Sake Foundation. Motion by Councilmember Bauman, seconded by Councilmember Jacobsen to accept the donation of 20 Naloxone First Responder Kits with a value of $1,330.66 from the For Jake's Sake Foundation. City Manager Lotter reported Director of Public Safety Paetanick would be presenting this item to Council. Director of Public Safety Paet a&k stated the opioid epidemic which has swept the country has not left the City of New Brighton untouched. While the causes of the epidemic are still being understood the impacts to the community continue to be significant. While previous drug epidemics have been responsible for impacting many lives, no other drug epidemic has taken so many lives. Since Public Safety began detecting the presence of illegal opioids we have responded to numerous heroin overdoses including several fatal overdoses. As part of the Mission of the agency to protect, serve, and educate we are undertaking several measures to attempt to mitigate the impacts. To reduce the supply of pills and controlled substances in the community Public Safety recently installed a drug take -back box in the lobby of the Public Safety Center to attempt to recover many of the commonly abused medications. Additionally, we have undertaken several educational campaigns aimed at providing information to residents about the presence and impact of opioids. Deputy Director ofPublic Safety Hamdorfexplained that despite our best efforts at prevention, the Public Safety Department continues to respond to opioid overdoses with unfortunate regularity. With the increasing presence of even more toxic opioid combinations and the threat those drugs place upon the victims and responders, the Public Safety Department reached out to a local foundation, to partner with to purchase the Naloxone responder kits. The For Jakes Sake Foundation, dedicated to the memory of Jake, a victim of the opioid epidemic, has donated to Si)ecial Order of Business 1. Website Awart]— MAGC Northern Lights Contest" Si1vee'Awmd. 2. Aoceptanoeof20 Naloxone Responder Kits from the For Jake's Sake Foundation.