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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL DUNE % 2021 working on plans to address the problem areas. The Public Works Director explained the City had 25 snow events in the 2020-2021 winter where 262 tons of salt was used. The City's snow plow operators do a very good job of minimizing their use of salt, and less salt is used when actual plowing occurs rather than just the small snowfalls where only salt is put down. Torkelson asked what the public should know about illicit dumping into the stormwater system, such as should residents be washing their cars in the driveway. The Public Works Director explained there are storm drain safe car wash soaps, but most of the illicit dumping is from people or businesses dumping things like gas, paint, cleaning products or chemicals into the storm drain. He stated that if anyone sees that happening, they should call the city right away to report it. Keis opened the public hearing. There were no comments from the public. Upon motion by Keis, seconded by McGraw, the public hearing was closed. CONSENT AGENDA Torkelson introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOL UTION NO. 2021-6-76 — APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA WHICH CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING. - Approval of the Vouchers Approve Contract with Northwest Asphalt & Maintenance for 2021 Street Crack Filling The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Fischer. Ayes (5). Nays (0). Resolution adopted. APPROVE HIRE OF PUBLIC WORKS UTILITIES SUPERVISOR The Public Works Director explained that the Public Works and Parks departments were reorganized and a new Utilities Supervisor position was created. He stated this position will be in charge of the water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and GIS systems and will work closely with the Streets/Fleet Supervisor and the Parks Supervisor to coordinate work flow and the use of employees. He reported that this position will spend a large percentage of time working in the field along with other staff, and will also help to integrate the GIS system into the departments more to include work orders and record keeping. The Public Works Director explained that six applications were received for the position and two candidates were interviewed and it was decided to promote Alex Evenson who is a current public works maintenance employee. He stated that Alex has been a Little Canada employee since 2014. He worked for four years as a seasonal and then was appointed as the first Public Works Apprentice, and following a successful stint as an Apprentice, he was hired as a full-time member of the Public Works Department in 2019. Since then, he has obtained his sewer and water licenses 2