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Hugo City Council Minutes for August 17, 2009 Page 6 of 9 voted 5-1 to recommend approval of the CUP to the City Council. The Commission also asked staff to obtain the City Attorneys opinion on whether the home occupation on the property met ordinance requirements without an interim use permit. City Attorney Dave Snyder opinion was that if the trailer was not parked outside the home, it would meet general standards of the ordinance and not require an interim use permit. Applicant Ben Carter was present and told the Council he was storing the trailer elsewhere, only having it on the property when loading and unloading, and his employees were parking off site. Ben said he had not resolved the issue with the damaged fence, and he was hiring a surveyor to verify the fence location in relation to the property line. Weidt made motion, Klein seconded, to table the request for a CUP for an oversized accessory building until the property line and fence issue have been resolved with the neighbor. All Ayes. Motion carried. Update on City Council Mid -Year Budget Workshop on August 10, 2009 On August 10, 2009, the Hugo City Council held its mid -year budget workshop at which it discussed the status of the current 2009 City Budget as well as both revenue and expenditure projections for 2010. Finance Director Ron Otkin provided the Council with an overview on a number of topics after which comment was taken from citizens and representatives regarding the Northeast YMCA expansion project as well as the Washington County 4-H funding. Council also discussed with Fire Chief Jim Compton the merits of a full time Fire Chief or Fire Marshall position. After discussion, Council agreed to a reduction in over $600,000 in City expenditures for 2010 as well as a target to keep the tax capacity rate the same as in 2009 with a levy back of the unalotted Market Value Homestead Credit. Mayor Fran Miron and City Council members discussed issues raised at the workshop including their broad-based support of the YMCA but not financially, and agreed to a one-time funding of $4,300 to 4-H in hopes the 4-H program will become self-supporting in the next year. Miron made motion, Weidt seconded, to direct staff to prepare the budget for the next fiscal year to reflect the items that were discuss. All Ayes. Motion carried. Discussion on July 21, 2009 Hugo Council Workshop and Hugo Fire Department Relief Association Meeting At its July 21, 2009 workshop with the Hugo Fire Department Relief Association, the Hugo City Council discussed a number of topics related to the Hugo Fire Department callout and response points policy which had been revised by Fire Chief Jim Compton with assistance from Deputy Fire Chief Jadon 011ila and Assistant Fire Chief Mary Schwartz. Jim and Jadon discussed with Council staffing issues and explained they currently had 18 new applicants and agreed the goal of the department was to maintain 33 firefighters. Also discussed was the use of teams and the proposed point system, which Jim explained was the result of revisions requested by Fire Department members. It was generally agreed by Council that there was no need to organize a committee to discuss these issues, and the department should continue to be inclusive and analyze suggestions to bring back to the Council. City Administrator said staff would be working through issues related to the City of Hugo's Employee Handbook to include the Fire