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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for March 19,2018 Page 2 of 7 during 2017 and explained how the department was continuing leadership development. Colvard provided information on their community involvement events, highlighting the Friday with Firefighters and public safety night during movie night at Hanifl Fields. He talked about the Heartsafe Community activities, which included training 354 people in CPR during 2017. Goals for 2018 are focusing on recruitment and retention, exploring daytime staffing models, and continuing the grant application system and equipment CIP. North Memorial Annual Report Manager Rob Almendinger, Supervisor Shawn McDonough, and Director Rick Wagner from North Memorial were in attendance to present the annual report on ambulance services provided to Hugo in 2017. He showed their PSA regions and where the truck are located with their coverage areas. Rick talked about a change effective April 2 where they will be eliminating the overnight change and will remain located in Hugo more often. Average response time in Hugo was 9:33 minutes compared to the regional response time of 10:28. There was a total of 665 calls in 2017, and he provided statistics on the types of calls and times of day they occur. He talked about the responses to assisted living facilities, which averaged about 100 calls per facility. He provided information on patient transports, stating they transported 472 people. Rick stated that a customer satisfaction survey indicated over 90% of the comments on their service was positive, and they continue to monitor their resources to provide the City with the best service. Weidt asked Rick to provide the City the history on response times and a benchmark of where it needed to be for Hugo to be staffed full time. Rick said they monitor it to make sure they are providing the resources needed, and he will provide that information. Approval of the Consent Agenda Petryk made motion, Klein seconded, to approve the following Consent Agenda items: 1. Approval of Claims 2. Approve Annual Performance Review for Finance Director Ron Otkin 3. Approve Special Event Permit for Yobbie and Whitaker Wedding on August 18, 2018 4. Approve Finance Coordinator Position in the City's Finance Department 5. Approve Appointment of Accounting Clerk Anna Wobse as the New Finance Coordinator 6. Approve Return of Excess TIF to Washington County for Redistribution All Ayes. Motion carried. Approval of Claims Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the Claims Roster as presented.