2020.03.02 CC Packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

proportionate share of the cost of emergency notification minutes per year. This amount remains the same as in 2011. Staff recommends Council approve the Joint Powers Agreement with Washington County for the Code Red emergency notification system. G.10 Approve Updated Job Description for Firefighter Engineer Position The Hugo Fire Department is requesting Council approval of a revised job description for the Engineer Position. Educational requirements were updated because they were out of date with our current operational model. For example, the department no longer requires Engineers to be EMT certified since the City has stopped running an ambulance service. Staff recommends Council approve the revised Firefighter Engineer Position job description G.11 Approve Revision in Collection of Technology Fee The fee schedule ordinance approved by Council for 2020 includes a 3% fee on all building permit transactions to help offset the cost of permitting software. After considering the logistics of adding a 3% fee, staff would like to charge a flat fee of $2 per permit in lieu of that, resulting in approximately the same amount of revenue. Staff recommends Council approve a flat fee of $2 per permit in lieu of the 3% established by ordinance for the year 2020. G.12 Approve Agreement with Payment Service Network (PSN) for Online Transactions One of the Councils goals for 2019 was to implement an online permitting system. Over the year, staff had evaluated options, and in September of 2019, Council approved an agreement with OPG-3 for on online permitting solution that works with the City's current permitting software, PermitWorks. As part of the solution, staff has been exploring online payment options and found Payment Service Network to best fit the City's needs. Finance fee of 2.75% per transaction would be the responsibility of the payee, and the City would be responsible for an annual Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance fee of $89. This credit card service would be only used for building permit transactions, but could eventually be expanded to accept payment for other City fees. Staff recommends Council approve the Service agreement with PSN for payment of online transactions. G.13 Approve Donation to the Hugo Fire Department from Hugo American Legion The Hugo American Legion Post 620 made a donation of $200 to the Hugo Fire Department. These funds will go toward department training and equipment. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the donation of $200 to the Hugo Fire Department. G.14 Approve Notice of Decision for Wetland Replacement Plan for Rice Lake Reserve To accommodate the residential development to be known as Rice Lake Reserve, Melissa Barrett of Kjohlhaug Environmental submitted an application on behalf of Mark Guenther of Fenway Land Company. The applicant is requesting approval for sequencing and wetland replacement for the development project. They are proposing to impact 0.54 acres of wetland on the site and replacing 1.08 acres from a wetland bank owned by the City of Lino Lakes, which is within the same major watershed and bank service area. Based on staffs review of the application and supporting documentation, the requirements under the MN Wetland Conservation Act (WCA)