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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for March 7, 2016 <br />Page 2 of 11 <br />Approval of Minutes for the February 29, 2016 Washington County League of Local <br />Government Meeting <br />Klein made motion, Miron seconded, to approve the minutes for the February 29, 2016 <br />Washington County League of Local Government meeting as presented. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />Approval of the Agenda <br />Weidt made motion, Klein seconded, to approve the agenda as amended by adding a discussion <br />on Withrow Elementary School. <br />All Ayes. Motion carried. <br />North Memorial Annual Report <br />At its June 15, 2015 meeting, Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding with North <br />Memorial Health Care for ambulance service in Hugo beginning the end of July, 2015. Rick <br />Wagner, Director Out State and Ancillary Services, and Forest Lake Region Manager Terry <br />Nelson presented to Council a report on their activities in Hugo. <br />Rick provided background on the switch to North Memorial ambulance service, and Terry talked <br />about the coverage area stating that trucks are stationed according to the time of day to best <br />provide coverage for all areas they serve. Rick displayed a map showing where calls originated <br />in Hugo and stated the average response time on those calls was 6:57 minutes. They reviewed <br />the types of responses and number of call per hour, showing they are in Hugo during the right <br />time of day. Customer satisfaction surveys showed a high percentage of positive comments. <br />Rick, Terry, and Council agreed there was a good working relationship between North Memorial <br />and the Hugo Fire Department. <br />Hugo Fire Department Annual Report — Fire Chief Kevin Colvard <br />Fire Chief Kevin Colvard presented the Fire Department Annual Report to Council. He talked <br />about the change to North Memorial ambulance service stating the Hugo Fire Department <br />continues to respond to all fire calls and major medicals. Duty crews were eliminated and now <br />calls are paged as "all call". The Department responded to a total of 467 call in 2015 with 175 <br />being medical calls prior to transferring medical calls to North Memorial. Eighty eight of the <br />calls were for alarms such as smoke/fire and carbon monoxide detectors that were in need of <br />routine maintenance. He explained that it is the department's desire to reduce those call though <br />education. There was a decrease in call volume from 607 calls in 2014 due to the change in <br />operations, though it is expected to increase due to growth within the City. The Department <br />logged 2,616 total hours of drill time, and training included an evacuation drill at Gracewood <br />Assisted Living, a tour of Keystone Place, and training on roof mounted solar arrays. Officers <br />also participate in additional classes for leadership development. He outlined the many <br />community events the Fire Department is involved in and talked about Hugo's Heartsafe <br />Community activities, which included training 169 people in CPR during 2015 and registering <br />