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YEAR IN REVIEW Continued from Page 2 are planned, and he encourages those who have an 2_4 interest in this process and want to be part of the dis- 04 _-.- 1 10. Increase in ISO rating for City's cession to contact him at City Hall to be put on a mail- Building Department. The Insurance ing list and be notified of meetings. Scheduled meet- Services Office, Inc. (ISO), who grades municipal ings are also listed in The Hugonian. building departments, gave Hugo a rating of 4, which was an increase from its previous rating of 5. Insurance companies use these ratings to set homeowner's insur- 14. GFOA Certificate Of ance rates for City residents — higher ratings mean Achievement Award., The Certificate lower insurance rates. "This is an especially good rating of Achievement for Excellence in for Hugo," notes Hugo Building Official Financial Reporting was awarded in November 2001 to John Benson. the City of Hugo by the Government Finance Officers y Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) 11. Peloquin Industrial Park for its comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) Project. This major improvement pro- for the year ending December 31, 2000. An Award of ject was designed to provide sewer and water utilities to Financial Reporting Achievement was awarded to the Peloquin Industrial Park, and includes the exten- Finance Director Ron Otkin as the individual primari- j sion of sanitary sewer from the southeast corner of the ly responsible for preparing the award-winning CAFR. Creekview Preserve development, as well as the This is the eighth time Otkin has won this award. Less improvement of the street and storm sewer system to than one percent of municipalities whose population is meet City standards. The contractor has completed the under 10,000 have qualified to receive this award. (See utilities and most of the street construction within the related story on page 10.) industrial park, and the sanitary sewer to connect the area to City sewer will be completed in the spring. The water system within the industrial park was tested and 15. The City Council was very success- activated this past fall, allowing for service HUG10 _ ful in achieving the six goals they set for ( and fire protection. VIUR �. themselves in January 2001: t 12. Sweet Grass Meadows Ditch MVEW Project. A storm water pipe covered with 1. Develop the City's infrastructure and develop a earth was used to fill in this ditch, cleaning up an aes- Capitol Improvements Program to guide the thetically displeasing site and allowing residents to get City in major expenditures that fall outside the back part of their back yards. This was acitizen-initi- normal operating budget. aced project that had been approved by the former City 2. Establish parks and acquire parkland. Council. It cost the City$26,000 and took a little over 3. Obtain awin-win solution for all involved in the a year to be completed. Everton Avenue Study. µ.ms 4. Establish a storm water management plan. { 13. Rural Preservation Workshops. 5. Complete the Charrette visioning process. A series of workshops have been held with 6. Work to have the City Council pull together as residents from the eastern side of Hugo to look at long- a team. range plans for that area, as well as ways to preserve the area's rural character. Rask says that the two meetings YEAR IN REVIEW held so far have been very productive. More meetings Continued on Page 4 3