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Mounds View City Council July 9, 2012 Regular Meeting Page 2 Finance Director Beer questioned if the report was available online. Fire Chief Zikmund 1 indicated it was not available at this time, but he could make this information available to the 2 public on the City’s website. 3 4 Fire Chief Zikmund indicated the department recently received a grant from FM Global in an 5 amount of $2,500 for the City’s Fire Prevention Program. The department would be purchasing 6 three tablets to assist with the documentation and data collection needed for this program. In 7 addition, the department applied for several federal grants. Each was discussed in detail. He 8 noted the department did receive a grant to assist in hiring four full-time employees which would 9 assist in the City’s daytime response capabilities. 10 11 Fire Chief Zikmund noted he would be attending Festival in the Park with trucks in August. 12 13 Mayor Flaherty requested a run down on the calls thus far in 2012. Fire Chief Zikmund stated 14 the fire calls for the department in 2012 have increased 4.5%. He noted the majority of this 15 increase was in the City of Blaine. He noted Mounds View still had the lowest per capita 16 expense. 17 18 Council Member Mueller questioned what would happen to the new employees after two years 19 when the grant funds ran out. Fire Chief Zikmund indicated the employees would be let go 20 unless additional grant funds were secured. He discussed the requirements for the new 21 employees. 22 23 Mayor Flaherty thanked the Chief for his presentation this evening, for his leadership and 24 dedicated service to the City of Mounds View. 25 26 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 27 A. Resolution 7966, Approving a Wage Increase for Adam Fogerty, 28 Engineering/GIS Intern. 29 30 Public Works Director DeBar stated Adam Fogerty was hired as the City’s Engineering/GIS 31 Intern in May of 2011. He was hired at the rate of $11.75 per hour without benefits. His 32 employment agreement indicated he was eligible for a wage increase to $12.50 after 12 months 33 of employment with a satisfactory performance evaluation. Staff requested the Council approve 34 the wage increase for Mr. Fogerty. 35 36 MOTION/SECOND: Mueller/Gunn. To Waive the Reading and Adopt Resolution 7966, 37 Approving a Wage Increase for Adam Fogerty, Engineering/GIS Intern. 38 39 Mayor Flaherty asked if the GIS mapping would be ongoing work. Public Works Director DeBar 40 stated this was the case. He indicated the department was working to bring its records online to 41 assist in streamlining future permit processes. 42 43 Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 44 45