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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes March 13, 2018 Page 4 1 C. Resolution 18-024; a Resolution Authorizing Participation in the 2018 – 2019 GreenCorp 2 Program. 3 4 City Manager Casey reviewed a resolution to participate in Minnesota GreenCorp. Minnesota 5 GreenCorp is an AmeriCorp Program coordinated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 6 (MPCA). The goal of MN GreenCorp is to preserve and protect Minnesota’s environment while 7 training a new generation of environmental professionals. 8 9 The City of St. Anthony applied each year since 2012 and was awarded a GreenCorp member for 10 the 2012 – 2013 and 2015 – 2016 program years. With the assistance of the GreenCorp member, 11 the City has established several sustainable programs that will continue to benefit the City for 12 many years to come. The GreenCorp member would be compensated by the MPCA and St. 13 Anthony would be responsible for supervision and office space. 14 15 This resolution is to authorize staff to submit an application to be a GreenCorp host site for the 16 2018 – 2019 program year. 17 18 Mayor Faust noted Nick went to work for Burnsville and Kristin is in Woodbury. These were the 19 previous GreenCorp members who worked in St. Anthony. 20 21 Councilmember Stille asked if Mr. Casey has time for the supervision. Mr. Casey responded the 22 Public Works Director, Jay, would be the immediate supervisor. 23 24 Councilmember Jenson asked if St. Anthony has a strong probability of getting one and Mr. 25 Casey stated there are more applicants and it’s more competitive every year. Mr. Casey stated 26 this is a state-wide program and there are 25 members placed. 27 28 Motion by Councilmember Stille, seconded by Councilmember Jenson, to approve Resolution 29 18-024; a Resolution Authorizing Participation in the 2018 – 2019 GreenCorps Program. 30 31 Motion Carried 5-0. 32 33 D. St. Anthony Fire Department Annual Report. 34 35 Fire Chief Mark Sitarz provided the St. Anthony Fire Department 2017 Annual Report. Chief 36 Sitarz reviewed the Fire Department Divisions. There are currently 27 Active Firefighters, 4 to 37 be sworn, 3 rookies in training, and 2 part-time code enforcement employees. There are currently 38 7 women on the department. Chief Sitarz reviewed Operations, Total Calls for Service, Call 39 Breakdown, Dollar Loss from Fire, Fire Investigations, Operations Summary, Training, Fire 40 Inspections, Fire Marshal, Fire Prevention/Public Education, Code Enforcement (Housing), Code 41 Enforcement – Rental, Emergency Management, and Outcomes. Chief Sitarz cited details of 42 some of the calls. St. Anthony Fire Department far exceeds the number of required training 43 hours. In 2017 2900 members of the public received the Fire Department message. Chief Sitarz 44 talked about Firefighter Isaac Davis. The 43-page full report is available on the City’s website. 45 46 4