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City Council meeting of July 6, 2004 Page 3 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the claims roster for July 6, 2004 as presented. ACCEPT DONATION FROM KREWKUT YARD CARE TO THE HFD KrewKut Yard Care, a local Hugo business, made a $250 donation to the HFD for its thanks and appreciation for recently putting out a fire on property on TH61. The owner of KrewKut was thankful for the quick response and putting out a fire, which could have grown much larger, but a quick response put the fire out. The $250 will be used to purchase tools. Adoption of the Consent Agenda accepted the $250 donation from KrewKut Yard Care and publicly thanked them for their generous donation to the HFD. ACCEPT RESIGNATION FOR PW WORKER (RICK KIEFFER) Public Works Director Chris Petree received a letter of resignation from public works worker Rick Kieffer, effective July 9, 2004. Rick was hired by the City more than nine months ago, but has received an offer from the private sector, with an opportunity he cannot pass up. Adoption of the Consent Agenda accepted the resignation from Rick Kieffer effective July 9, 2004. APPROVE AUTHORIZATION TO ADVERTISE FOR PUBLIC WORKS WORKERS Included in the City's 2004 general fund budget is the addition of one full-time public works worker to be hired by October 2004, with the process typically taking three months. Because of the previous acceptance of Rick Kieffer's resignation, staff sought authorization from Council to proceed with advertisement for two public works positions. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the authorization to advertise for the positions of two full-time public works workers. APPROVE MINOR SUBDIVISION W/VARIANCE AT 4360165 STREET (LEROUX) Jim Leroux, 4360 165' Street North, made application for a minor subdivision with a variance from minimum lot size to subdivide 38.77 acres into three lots. The property is located at the southwest corner of 165th Street and Everton Avenue. One parcel would be 20 acres in size and was not planned for development. The remaining would be spit into a 10 -acre lot and an 8.6 -acre lot, which would require a variance from the minimum lot size of 10 acres. As part of the subdivision, the applicant has agreed to dedicate a 33 -foot wide right-of-way easement for the existing 165' Street roadway and a 100 - foot wide right-of-way easement for Everton Avenue. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved adoption of Resolution 200449 approving the minor subdivision and variance for Jim Leroux. APPROVE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR UTILITY BILLING CLERK (GUARESCHI) Jodie Guareschi was hired by the City as the new utility billing clerk on June 17, 2002. Jodie began her employment in 2000 as a volunteer envelope stuffer and proceeded to fill in on a temporary basis doing receptionist duties. Over the past two years, Jodie has taken over responsibility for the City's utility billing department under the tutelage of Finance Director Ron Otkin. Jodie does an excellent job with all facets of the utility billing, for more than 1,800 individual accounts. She expects to see a dramatic