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City Hall as well as at Anoka County Elections. Absentee voting will continue every day,
<br />Monday through Friday — 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. through August 11. City offices will be open
<br />on Saturday, August 9, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. for absentee voting as well as until 5:00
<br />p.m. on Monday, August 11. The Primary Election is August 12 - all polling places open at 7:00
<br />a.m. If you have any questions, please contact Jo.
<br />The Special Olympics Torch run is fast approaching! The Torch Run will be held on Friday,
<br />June 27, at 9:00 am. The starting line will be at the weigh scales on Highway #10 and will end at
<br />Hardees in Anoka. It is 7.1 miles but you can run as long or as short as you wish. There are many
<br />support vehicles trailing behind and we encourage the runners to stop anywhere and hitch a ride if
<br />need be. All the proceeds go to Special Olympics Minnesota. If you are interested participating
<br />in this event or if you would like to order a T -shirt, please contact Nick Dahlberg at
<br />ndahlber @ci.ramsey.mn.us. Payment for T- shirts will be collect when they are delivered.
<br />Attached to the Weekly Update is a Flyer for the 2014 Torch Run Gear. For more information,
<br />please visit www .specialolympicsminnesota.org /Torch Run.php.
<br />Suspicious Vehicle. Officers received a call of a suspicious vehicle parked in the caller's driveway
<br />with its four way flashers on. Upon arrival, officers located the vehicle and ran the
<br />registration. The vehicle listed to the caller. Officers left. Anybody home McFly?
<br />No Grant Application. The police department has decided not to submit a grant application for
<br />a Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) officer. After reviewing the grant application, it
<br />was learned that the grant did not cover all the wages of a new officer as grants such as this had in
<br />the past. There were several other areas of concern with the new grant that would have made it
<br />difficult for Ramsey to participate.
<br />There's No Place Like Home. Captain Katers is nearing the end of his eleven week leadership
<br />training program at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA. As part of the training, Jeff
<br />completed the grueling 6.1 fitness run known as the Yellow Brick Road on Thursday. The
<br />challenge consists of a run through a hilly, wooded trail built by the Marines. Along the way, the
<br />participants must climb over walls, run through creeks, jump through simulated windows, scale
<br />rock faces with ropes, crawl under barbed wire in muddy water and climb a cargo net. For
<br />completing the course, Jeff received the coveted Yellow Brick. His academic finals are next week.
<br />Public Works' has the Pedal to the Metal. It is that time of year when both figuratively and
<br />literally, Public Works' staff is pressing on full speed in almost all areas of maintenance
<br />responsibilities. Fortunately, we have a full complement of seasonal workers now that colleges
<br />have released their students for public service for the summer. Full -time Public Works' staff is
<br />harnessing the power of seasonal staff to collectively accomplish the following, (no order, and a
<br />partial listing!!): patching /wedging in advance of the Street Maintenance Program, mowing and
<br />trimming in The COR, mowing along roadsides, mowing in parks, along trails, administrating
<br />contract mowing, mowing public facilities like pump- houses and cemeteries, dragging and
<br />stripping athletic fields, tournament preparations, planting trees in parks and boulevards, grading
<br />roads, repairing street signs, watering sod, locating underground utilities for contractors, installing
<br />water meters, maintaining pump- houses, repairing and start-ups of irrigation systems, preparing
<br />for concerts, jetting sanitary sewers, cleaning sanitary lift stations, repairing boardwalks, trash and
<br />litter pick up in parks, cleaning restrooms in parks, servicing HVAC systems and copious cleaning
<br />in public buildings, electrical system repairs, weeding, and more weeding in landscapes and
<br />Our Mission: To work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cost - effective, and efficient government services
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