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Hugo City Council Minutes for January 4, 2010 <br />Page 3 of 8 <br />approved of the appointment of David K. Snyder and the Ekberg, Lammers Law Firm as the City <br />Attorney for the year 2010. <br />Approve Appointment of Financial Advisor <br />Financial advisors Paul Steinman, Mikaela Huot, and Nick Dragisich and other members of the <br />Springsted, Inc. team have served the City very well over the past year on a wide variety of <br />projects and issues including the creation of the downtown TIF District. Adoption of the <br />Consent Agenda approved Paul Steinman, Mikaela Huot, and Nick Dragisich from Springsted, <br />Inc., as the City's financial advisors for the year 2010. <br />Approve Appointment of Emergency Management Director <br />Each year, Council appoints a member of the City staff to serve in the role of Emergency <br />Management Director. For the past several years, the Fire Chief has served in this position. <br />Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the appointment of Fire Chief Jim Compton as the <br />City's Emergency Management Director for 2010. <br />Approve Appointment of Depository for City Funds <br />Each year, Council selects a depository/bank for the deposit of City funds. For many years, <br />Council has selected the local Hugo bank, US Bank. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved <br />the appointment of U.S. Bank -Hugo as the official depository for City funds for 2010. <br />Approve Appointments to Hugo Firefighter Relief Association <br />Minnesota Statute requires the official appointment of the ex -officio members of the Hugo Fire <br />Department Relief Association Board. Council must appoint the Mayor and one City staff <br />member. City staff recommends appointment of Mayor Fran Miron with Councilmember Chuck <br />Haas as his designee in his absence, and Finance Director Ron Otkin as ex -officio members of the <br />Hugo Fire Department Relief Association. <br />Approve Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair for Planning Commission <br />The Council has appointed Dave Schumann as the Chairperson for the Planning Commission for <br />the past several years. Dave has worked hard over the past year with the Planning Commission <br />to develop and build a good commission. He always treats persons appearing before the <br />Planning Commission with respect and dignity. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the <br />appointment of Dave Schumann as Chair and Bronwen Kleissler as Vice Chair of the Planning <br />Commission for 2010. <br />Approve Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair for the Parks and Recreation Commission <br />Roger Clark has served as Chair for the past three years and has requested to step down from his <br />role and serve as a regular Parks and Recreation Commissioner. Commissioner Jim Taylor was <br />recommended as Chair by the Commission at its December meeting. Rachel Berger was first <br />appointed Vice Chair in 2007 and continues to do a great job. Adoption of the Consent Agenda <br />