Minutes - Council - 11/18/2008 - Special

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City Attorney Goodrich called Joleen Wiemann to the witness stand. Police Technician Wiemann stated that she has been employed by the Ramsey Police Department for 8 years. She stated that her duties include supervising records unit and managing and administering the APS, the Automated Pawn System. She stated that the APS is a tracking system for pawn numbers that is managed by the Minneapolis Police Department. She stated that it is a sharing tool for law enforcement that can track property and provides for State and Federal repositories for stolen property. She stated that it assists investigators to find stolen property. She noted that she has a software program to access it and a connection to the Minneapolis system. She can print reports and she noted she is familiar with the City Code dealing with pawnbrokers licenses. She stated that she is also familiar with the issues relating to Ralph's Gun and Pawn. She stated that Mr. Jerdin has been the owner since July 2007 and that he is subj ect to City Code 7.13. City Attorney Goodrich asked Police Technician Wiemann to describe, on a day-to-day basis, what she does with APS. Police Technician Wiemann stated that she monitors the pawnshop by running reports, which monitor if th~ information has been put into the system and if there are errors in entries a compliance check can be done. She stated that what is supposed to happen is, when a person comes in to the pawn shop, they need to show identification and there is particular identification that has to be filled out on the pawn shop system and, at the end of the day, all of the items have to be sent to the Minneapolis Police Department. She stated that she has prepared documents for the purposes of tonight's hearing. City Attorney Goodrich distributed the packets of information Police Technician Wiemann put together. He stated that Exhibit 1 was the City Code and a copy of the City Council minutes from May 27, 2008. He stated that on page 12 there is a motion to adopt Findings of Fact and also on page 13 there was a motion to suspend the license of the Ralph's Gun and Pawn for 30 days, June 1 though June 30. He noted that the motion was amended by Mayor Gamec, to clarify that there be no incoming goods, but customers can come to claim their goods. He stated that this motion was passed by the Council. Mr. Sliderman stated that he objected to this entire document because it was issued today and his client has never seen it before or had an opportunity to respond. He stated that they reject to any testimony dealing with this document. City Attorney Goodrich stated that all of the items in this are public documents and there is nothing new. He stated that Mr. Jerdin was at the meeting on May 27, 2008 and had ample opportunity to review the materials by simply coming to City Hall and asking. Mr. Sliderman stated that their position is it is a compilation, which has never been given to his client. Special City Council Meeting / November 18, 2008 Page 6 of 19