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Hugo City Council Minutes for January 4, 2010 Page 6 of 8 ordinances. For the past three years, the City Council appointed The Citizen as the City's new official newspaper. The Citizen consistently delivers an excellent community newspaper with excellent coverage of all Hugo activities and events including all City meetings and events, all four school districts and many human interest stories. The Citizen is delivered to every household in the City. Publisher Louis Melamed was present and said they were very proud to serve the citizens of Hugo, and he expressed his desire to continue to be the City's official newspaper. Haas made motion, Weidt seconded, to reappoint The Citizen as the City's official newspaper for 2010, and grant staff the authority to place additional official notices in the White Bear Press for wider distribution, as necessary. All Ayes. Motion carried. Approve Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Agreement for Bald Eagle Lake Councilmember Haas removed this item from the Consent Agenda. For many years, the City of Hugo has participated in supplemental law enforcement coverage on Bald Eagle Lake with the County of Ramsey and the Town of White Bear Lake. Coverage for 2010 would include a total not to exceed 160 hours for winter patrol coverage at a cost of services to the City for year 2010 not to exceed $1,610. Miron recalled that prior to this contract, there were several problems on the lake during the winter months. Petryk made motion, Weidt seconded, to approve the Supplemental Law Enforcement Agreement with the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department for enforcement on Bald Eagle Lake. All Ayes. Motion carried. Report on Carpenter's Steakhouse Fire City Administrator Mike Ericson added this to the Agenda. On Sunday, January 3, 2010, Carpenters Steakhouse located on Forest Boulevard was destroyed by fire. Fire Chief Jim Compton reported he had received the call at 9:33 a.m. when a passerby noticed smoke coming from the back of the building. Deputy Fire Chief Jadon 011ila was on the scene within a few minutes. Jadon talked about how mutual aid agreements allowed for the assistance from the White Bear Lake, Forest Lake, Centennial, Mahtomedi, and Vadnais Heights fire departments. There were 75-80 firefighters on scene to put out the fire in below freezing temperatures. The Salvation Army was onsite to provide a rehabilitation center for the firefighters as well as Xcel Energy workers who shut off the electric and gas and were available should the overhead power lines start on fire. Approximately one-half million gallons of water were used which froze on Highway 61north to 147th Street North causing the Public Works Department to dispatch trucks to sand and salt the roads. Water also froze on the roof of the adjacent Dominos Pizza building which was red -tagged by the Hugo Building Department because of the possibility of the roof collapsing due weight load and the south wall of Carpenters leaning on their building. Dominos can reopen once a structural engineer reported the building to be safe. Mayor Fran Miron noted that even though the site of the fire was surrounded by yellow tape, which is illegal to cross, it was also necessary to have the Washington County Sheriff Department patrol the site. The Mayor also expressed the desire to assist the workers who were now without jobs and show