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November 2012 |
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A VISIT FROM BOUNTIFUL BASKET FEEDING THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY Dwight Crisman, left, and John Myhr of Chaska visited the Victoria City Council on Monday evening, October 15th, to speak on behalf of the Bountiful Basket Food Shelf in Chaska. Mr. Crisman, a board member of Bountiful Basket, reported that Bountiful Basket serves approximately 400 families per month in Eastern Carver County, which includes Carver, Chanhassen, Chaska, East Union, and Victoria. Each of the families is allowed one visit per month. There are over 18,000 households in the Eastern Carver County School District. Mr. Crisman said that Bountiful Basket is 100% volunteer operated, that visitors need a valid I.D. and proof of residence. They shop with a shopping cart and there are limits on how much they can take. He said that the Bountiful Basket separated from the CAP Agency, but that CAP helps with some things like legal matters. Mr. Myhr, the food warehouse coordinator, said the volunteers help visitors learn about the various food groups, sort the food that comes into Bountiful Basketbasket as donations, stock the shelves, and make people feel at home. He said the food shelf usually needs canned food, cereals, peanut butter, soup, and toilet paper, and that the list changes. As for large supplies of surplus food from area grocers, Mr. Myhr said that such donations usually come to Bountiful Basket through Second Harvest in Golden Valley through a program provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.
COUNTY ATTORNEY VISITS COUNCIL VICTORIA APPROVES PROSECUTION CONTRACT Council approved the 2013 Prosecution Contract with the Carver County Attorney's Office whereby the Attorney's Office provides prosecution of gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, and petty misdemeanor violations and all municipal traffic and parking violations. The State of Minnesota retains 1/3 of fine revenues, Carver County 1/3, and the City of Victoria 1/3. The County also receives an additional surcharge of nearly $10,000/year. Actually, the charge for 2013 is $9,322 which is $220 less than the 2012 contract. County Attorney Mark Metz spoke to councilmembers on October 29th. "We contract with 11 cities in the county," he said. "We provide a certain level of service. Caseloads are down this year. It is an honor and privilege to prosecute for the cities." He spoke of initiating a Veterans Diversion Program "to determine individuals who commit crime, to treat their specific issues that relate to being in the Service, and yet still hold them accountable," he explained. "It is in close collaboration with our courts. Carver County doesn't have a huge caseload of veterans, but veterans are coming home and we don't want them in jail, yet public safety is our goal." "My focus is to reach out and educate," he said. "We have 30 dedicated public servants working in our office, 15 of them attorneys." Councilmember Kim Roden spoke of particular cases in the metro area involving mental illness, murder, suicide, handguns, and orders for protection. "Are we doing enough in Carver County?" she asked. "We can always do more," said Mr. Metz. "Can we predict things? There are certain predictors. We gather as much information as we can. We try to set significant bail in such cases. Mental illness is very difficult. People have rights. In reviewing domestic assaults, it's usually the man who kills the woman. We have to protect people's rights and public safety." He spoke of increasing revenue for the county by providing incentives so people can keep things off their record, by paying a fine and being clean for a year. In response to a question from Mayor Mary Thun, Mr. Metz replied that community service is a possibility for those who cannot afford to pay those fines.
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