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<br />CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a work session on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, in the <br />Alexander Ramsey Room, Ramsey Municipal Center, 7550 Sunwood Drive NW, <br />Ramsey, Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Members Absent: <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Bob Ramsey <br />Councilmember John Dehen - arrived 6:41 p.m. <br />Councilmember Matt Look <br />Councilmember Colin McGlone <br />Councilmember Jeff Wise <br /> <br />Councilmember David Elvig <br />Councilmember David Jeffrey <br /> <br />City Administrator Kurtis G. Ulrich <br />Assistant City Administrator Heidi Nelson <br />Finance Officer Diana Lund <br />Director of Public Works Brian Olson <br />Community Development Dire~tor Amber Miller <br />Fire Chief Dean Kapler <br />Police Chief Jim Way <br />Assistant City Engineer Tim Himmer <br />Associate Planner Tim Gladhill <br /> <br />TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br /> <br />1) Emergency Management Exercise <br /> <br />City Administrator Ulrich announced that the first portion of the agenda is an emergency <br />management exercise that would be lead by Fire Chief Dean Kapler, the City's Director <br />of Emergency Management. .The exercise began at 5:40 p.m. <br /> <br />Fire Chief Kapler disseminated handouts dealing with emergency management <br />information. He explained the difference between an emergency and a disaster, talked <br />about who is involved, pointed out a typical incident of command scenario, briefly <br />discussed short term and longer term planning, logistics, the roles of Mayor and Council, <br />and finally how and when the Mayor would declare a state of emergency. A portion of <br />the video from the Hugo, Minnesota tornado was played. Chief Kapler then handed out a <br />scenario where Ramsey is hit by a tornado and explained that the staff group and the <br />Council group would separately discuss what their expectations are of what should <br />happen within the first hour of the storm. The expectations were then shared and <br />compared. The next portion of the exercise was for staff and Council to discuss <br />