Item 3.1 11.12.2025 Draft Public Safety Meeting MinutesPUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION
Prairie Center
November 12, 2025
6:30 PM
Call to Order:
This meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Roll Call: Chair David Greeman; Commissioners: Dan Freiberg, Gregory Hubbard, Judy Sibert,
Kyle Heltemes, Rossamon Becker, and Sergeant Jason Oltmanns.
Absent: Loren Green
City Council: Mayor Jessica Stockamp, CM Tina Goede, CM Dunlap
2.Consider agenda approval.
Commissioner Gregory Hubbard motioned to approve agenda as written. Seconded by
Commissioner Rossamon Becker. All in favor. Motioned carried. 6-0
3.Consider the following minutes:
3.1 October 14, 2025
Commissioner Gregory Hubbard motioned to approve the minutes as written. Seconded by
Commissioner Judith Sibert. All in favor. Motion carried. 6-0
5.Open Forum.
Harper Hubbard inquired about painting a crosswalk at Maciver Avenue NE and 80th Street NE
next to the school to allow children to cross safer. Deputy mentioned that there is a state safe
to school grant that could be applied for to cover costs.
6.Review received monthly reports.
6.1 Albertville Fire Department.
No representatives from the Albertville Fire Department were present.
6.2 Elk River Fire Department
No representatives from the Elk River Fire Department were present.
6.3 Rogers Fire Department.
No representatives from the Albertville Fire Department were present.
6.4 Wright County Sherriff Department.
Jason has received a lot of praise for Mike Scott for his ability to communicate with
other agencies. Jason also wanted to give praise to his deputies concerning the rescue of
three kayaks of which two were overturned in the Mississippi River. Council member
Item 3.1
Goede asked if the WCSO could store the river boat in Otsego as opposed to Buffalo so
that the WCSO could save time to dispatch river emergencies. All deputies have a
throwable device for water rescues.
Jason received several calls about hunting. He has a fire discharge map that he uses to
point areas people can and cannot hunt. He mentioned writing parking tickets for snow
emergencies. For now, they won’t hand out tickets unless it is a safety issue or repeat
offender. The WCSO will work with the city concerning this issue. They also have been
receiving more calls for shoplifting at Target.
7. Report from Interim Fire Chief Mike Scott
Fire station is on schedule. The community risk reduction team is going to be eliminated
for now as the new staffing model will be taking over that role when hired. Mike met
with Steve from Elk River ambulance and got to see them respond to a medical at city
hall. All the contracts are in place for 2026 and still working on contracts for 2027. The
call volume overall for medical and fire in 2023 were 852, and in 2025 year to date there
were 1090 calls. The city is growing so having our own fire and emergency building will
shorten call times and provide a great benefit. There are many openings at numerous
cities for fire fighters and that could be of concern. Mike is considering how to manage a
possible labor shortage for the opening of the new station.
8. Set Next Meeting
December 9, 2025 6:30, with a possible tour at the Otsego Fire and Emergency building to see
construction progress.
9. Adjourn.
Commissioner Judith Sibert motioned to adjourn. Seconded by Commissioner Gregory
Hubbard. All in favor. Motion carried. 6-0
Adjourned at 7:15 PM.
Minutes taken/written by Commissioner Kyle Heltemes