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City Council meeting of December 4, 2000 Page 5 sewer rates have been set at a higher -than -average number. Sewer charges should be set on the actual amount of gallons entering the sewer system. Staff recommended that the City adopt a resolution establishing sanitary sewer rates using the winter quarter consumption, which would be January, February, and March. Stoltzman made motion, Barnes seconded, to adopt RESOLUTION 2000.50, A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING SANITARY SEWER SERVICE RATES. VOTING AYE: Barnes, Haas, Leroux, Petryk, Stoltzman Motion Carried. PLANNING COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS The Council will need to make three Planning Commission appointments as current Planning Commission members, Patrick Rooney and Sandy Malaski terms expire on 12/31 /00, and PC chair, Frank Puleo, was elected to the Hugo City Council. Staff reviewed City ordinance regarding PC appointments, and determined that the newly elected 2001 City Council will make those PC appointments at its fust meeting in January 2001. Staff will advertise and set up interviews for these vacancies. REVIEW ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSION POSITION In 2000, the Council adopted an ordinance creating an alternate Planning Commissioner. The Council appointed David Buller and Patrick Rooney to serve as the alternate members, and those two individuals served in that capacity until Mr. Rooney was interviewed, and appointed by the Council to serve out the remaining term of PC member, Jim Kellison. The Council created the alternate PC member as a means by which a full PC board could be assembled to deal with the volume and complexity of issues presented to the PC monthly. Leroux made motion, Stoltzman seconded, to schedule a public hearing for January 2, 2001 to consider repealing the ordinance creating the alternate Planning Commission position. All aye. Motion Carried. REVIEW BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS The City of Hugo Board of Zoning Appeals exists to review variances, and act as an appeal board for residents and property owners in the City to appeal zoning interpretations made by staff. The three- member board includes the Mayor, Chair of the Planning Commission, and a resident -at -large. This additional layer of government has served the City for a number of years, and its efficiency has been reviewed by staff as to its overall effectiveness. Consequently, staff has completed extensive research as to the role the Board of Zoning Appeals plays for the City, and recommended that the Council consider three options: 1) leaving the Board as is; 2) directing staff to prepare an ordinance whereby the PC would be the Board of Zoning Appeals with a subsequent appeal process to the Council; and 3) that the Planning Commission become the Board of Zoning Appeals.