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City Council meeting of May 7, 2001 Page 3 Michele Lindau's annual performance review and makes the salary adjustment as prescribed in the City's salary matrix adopted in January 2001. APPROVE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW & SALARY ADJUSTMENT FOR CITY ADMINISTRATOR The City hired Mike Ericson on April 17, 2000. Mike has worked very closely with both the former City Council and new City Council, and together has accomplished a number of goals, projects, and initiatives. Acting as the City Administrator Review Team, Mayor Fran Miron and Councilman Haas met with the City Administrator recently to review his performance. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the annual performance review and salary adjustment for Mike Ericson. APPROVE HIRE OF SEASONAL EMPLOYEE FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Annually, additional staff is required in the Public Works Department to assist with routine department duties such as mowing, garbagellitter removal, parks maintenance, and general public works maintenance. This position is for the summer months only, and will not exceed 40 hours per week. Adoption of the Consent Agenda authorized the Public Works Director to advertise for hiring of a seasonal employee for the Public Works Department at $10.00/hr. IMPROVED INSURANCE RATING FOR CITY FROM ISO Every three to five years, Insurance Services Office, Inc., (ISO) numerically rates building departments based on the administration of codes, plan review, and field inspections. The rates assigned to individual building departments are on a scale from one to ten, with a one rating as being the best, and ten rating being the worst. Earlier this year, ISO worked with the City's building department to complete its survey through the use of a grading system, which uses an officially adopted building code such as used in the City of Hugo. The analysis of the City's building codes resulted in a building code effectiveness grading classification improvement from a five to a four, for one- and two-family residential properties, and from a five to a four for commercial and industrial property. The City received deductions due to inadequate personnel training and staffing level overall; a lower rating means potential savings on insurance cost for homeowners and businesses. The City's building department should be commended on this significant achievement and improved rating for the City and its property owners and residents. Despite a very heavy workload and small staff, the building department was able to achieve this rate due to its hard work and professionalism. VARIANCE REQUEST FROM MAX WILSON At its April 25, 2001 meeting, the Board of Appeals & Adjustments considered and recommended approval of a variance request from Max Wilson for the construction of a pole barn on his property located at 14480 Homestead Avenue. Mr. Wilson requested a variance to construct the building 25 feet from his side property line where a 40 -foot setback is required. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the variance request from Mr. Wilson for the construction of pole barn 25 feet from his side property line where 40 feet is required.