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COUNCIL MINUTES January 12, 2015 DRAFT 91 Council Member Stoesz noted that he represents the City on the NMTC so he has been following 92 these actions as they have developed and come forward and can recommend council approval . He 93 noted the additional connectivity that the city will receive. Mr. Bradley confirmed that cities will 94 receive additional cable drops and boxes as part of the agreement. Council Member Kusterman 95 suggested that he’s heard only good sides to this action; staff wasn’t any to provide any negatives. 96 97 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve Resolution No. 15-01 as presented. Council Member 98 Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Roeser was absent. 99 100 Council Member Stoesz moved to approve the First Reading of Ordinance No. 01-15 as presented. 101 Council Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member 102 Roeser was absent. 103 104 3B) Approval of Annual Appointments- Administrator Karlson noted that each year the council 105 approves a number of assignments and appointments as indicated in the staff report. This list was 106 reviewed and updated by the council at the last work session and is presented for consideration of 107 approval. 108 109 Council Member Kusterman moved to approve the list of annual appointments as presented. Council 110 Member Rafferty seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote; Council Member Roeser was 111 absent. 112 113 PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REPORT 114 115 4A) Public Safety Department Update- Chief Swenson updated the council. The development 116 of the fire department into the Public Safety Department is moving ahead on schedule. He noted the 117 following: 118 119 - South Side Fire Station Project – location, architect and schedule noted; consideration of 120 approval to seek bids for the project is on the agenda this evening; 121 - Thanks to Community Development Director Grochala and other staff for their hard work in 122 keeping the fire station project moving forward, on schedule and high quality; 123 - Recruitment for Fire Department – Centennial Fire Relief has hired a consultant to assist in 124 developing a legislative proposal to allow the transfer of pensions from Centennial Fire to the 125 city’s new firefighter pension plan; 126 - New Fire Recruits – four paid on-call firefighters have been hired as of January 5 and have 127 begun their training; there is an additional applicant in the loop; more applications are coming 128 in; a special mailing will not be necessary considering recruitment response but information 129 will be included in the next regular newsletter; 130 - Training in Progress – There are 12 staff members currently in training as firefighters; a 131 second group of trainees will begin on April 8; by the end of August, the department will have 132 at least 35 trained firefighters; 133 - Equipment – the city will receive some equipment with the disbursements from Centennial 134 Fire District; and grant request is pending with FEMA for apparatus funding; the department 135 3