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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for September 4, 2012 Page 4 of 5 The Washington County SWAT team requested the use of the Irish Avenue Park property to conduct field search training on Wednesday, September 19, 2012. This training will last approximately seven hours and will be held during the day. The property will be posted with signage a week prior to the training notifying users of the park that this training will take place. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the use of Irish Avenue Park for SWAT training on Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Approve Resignation of Mike Childs from the Hugo Fire Department Firefighter Mike Childs submitted his letter of resignation to focus on other areas of his life. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the letter of resignation from Firefighter Mike Childs effective September 1, 2012 Approve Resolution Adopting Preliminary Tax Levy for 2013 At the August 23, 2012 budget workshop, the City Council listened to a presentation from Finance Director Ron Otkin highlighting revenues and expenditures to date as well as projections for the 2013 fiscal year. After discussion, it was the consensus of the City Council that the payable 2013 preliminary tax levy provide for no change in the urban tax rate. Finance Director Ron Otkin provided a PowerPoint presentation that explained the seven components of the tax levy, and he answered questions from Council. The total proposed property tax levy is $4,749,083, a decrease of 4.24% from the previous year. The resolution will, based on estimated market values, keep the urban tax rate at 36.498% of tax capacity. Finance Director Otkin provided the proposed resolution to the Council. Haas made motion, Weidt seconded, to approve RESOLUTION 2012-29 APPROVING PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY PAYABLE IN 2013. Ayes: Petryk, Haas, Klein, Weidt, Miron Nays: None Motion carried. Yellow Ribbon Network Report Council Member Chuck Haas and Council Member Phil Klein reported to Council on the Yellow Ribbon Network activities held recently. The Hugo YRN received a certificate of appreciation from an area support group in Kuwait. The Hugo Power Equipment received a letter of thanks for donating a new mower to a military family. The YRN is looking for sponsors for the Welcome Home Pheasant Hunt in October. The last burger night set a record at 176 burgers served. Report on Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee Meeting At the August 20, 2012 Council meeting, Council discussed the agenda for the upcoming meeting of the Metropolitan Area Water Supply Advisory Committee and concerns the City has on regulations set forth by the DNR and Metropolitan Council. Council Member Chuck Haas attended the Committee meeting that was held on August 23, 2012. He informed the Council that he had shared their concerns with the committee, who generally agreed. The Committee is working to link water supply issues to overall planning in their regional planning/population