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vote on a general plan and cost outlined in a general memo. Mayor Welsch also stated that staff and then Council should sit down with a professional marketing consultant, detail specific goals for any campaign and work with them to determine how best to reach those goals. Mayor Welsch believed that members of the Council should be involving the residents more deeply in the discussion because they could have input that could be valuable to the City’s professional staff when considering and developing a plan to recommend to the Council. She said based on the facts of crime in the community, the residents could suggest ways of reaching residents with what they need to do to prevent becoming victims of crime and what has worked in other communities. She still believed that Council should be supporting a Citizen’s Taskforce on Crime Awareness and Prevention and that the budget items as additional cameras purchase should be part of the upcoming budget process rather than taking from the City’s Reserves. She said she would abstain from voting because of both of those points. Mr. Price said that the statement Mayor Welsch made regarding surveillance cameras and crime prevention confused him because the recommendation came from one the highest officers in the City, the Police Chief. He said this information came from the Chief of Police and his staff, the people who do the job and no one has deviated from his report or recommendations. Mr. Price stated that if you have not talked to people about crime prevention and public safety then that was on you, but he and Mr. Sharpe have communicated with the people and have been heavily involved for years. He suggested to get on board with them and come to the Police Focus Group Party on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, and meet those individuals that have been actively involved with the police department, police training, police academy, and who attended the meetings every fourth Tuesday of the month and to find out what is going on. Mr. Kraft wanted to clarify that Option 1, 1A, and 2 were and what they were voting on: Option #1 2 Panasonic super dynamic megapixel network dome camera 2 Panasonic wall mounts 2 Genetec camera licenses with SMAs 1 Altronix weather-proof enclosure LOT Misc., hardware & connectors Subtotal Investment with installation $11,574 Option 1A 1 Firetide 20” MIMO antenna 1 Firetide 7000 MIMI license 1 Firetide single node radio license 1 Firetide cable assembly 1 Hitachi 3TB SAS hard drive with Dell hard drive caddy LOT Misc., hardware with installation 10