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All of our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and the families of the tragedy that
took place in the City of Kirkwood.

Here at Charlack, we have taken many precautionary steps to deter such an incident from
happening in our own town. We have "beefed up" security at all City meetings, have
installed automatic door closers on all doors at City Hall. We have also remodeled our
front office so that it is safer for Stephanie and all of our employees and visitors.

I have met with Chief Umbertino the day after the Kirkwood incident and put these actions
into place immediately. Unfortunately, it sometimes takes a tragedy like this to look closely
at how we are as a community. The steps we have taken dramatically improve the safety
of the residents who attend City meetings, the employees and the elected officials.

Our City Hall project is in full swing. There is a financial meeting this coming week that will
give us a better understanding of the finances needed to fund this building. We are very
close to breaking ground and I personally see 2008 as the year this project takes off and
gets very close to completion, if not completed altogether. This is a great step for our City
and a necessary step to keep the City of Charlack viable.

We lost our Captain this past month. Capt. Vince Delia has elected to resign his post for
personal matters. Vince was a long time employee of Charlack and has given us many
great years. He will be missed, and we wish him the best of luck. In place of that
supervisory / administrative role, Chief Umbertino has elected to promote two of
Charlack's existing officers to Sergeant. Congratulations to Sgt. Lou Calbreath, who was
promoted from Corporal, and to Sgt. Tony Fanara, who was promoted from detective.
Both of the these men have shown great leadership abilities and professionalism. I feel
that we are in good hands with our Police Department's command staff.

Winter is wrapping it up with a bang....Peter once again has done an outstanding job on
our streets. Be safe throughout all of this snow and ice!