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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for September 21, 2020 <br />Page 3 of 6 <br /> <br />Approve Resolution Approving Preliminary Tax Levy for 2021 <br /> <br />At its September 15, 2020, mid-year budget workshop, the City Council listened to a <br />presentation from Finance Director Ron Otkin highlighting revenues and expenditures to-date as <br />well as projections for the 2021 fiscal year. It was the consensus of the Council that the 2021 <br />preliminary tax levy provide for no increase in the urban tax rate. The total proposed 2021 <br />property tax levy of $8,916,507 would keep the urban tax rate at 39.186% of tax capacity. The <br />Finance Director believed this levy was sufficient to fund the operating and capital budgets in <br />2021 and it mets the objectives of the City Council. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved <br />RESOLUTION 2020 – 51 RESOLUTION APPROVING PRELIMINARY TAX LEVY <br />PAYABLE IN 2021. <br /> <br />Approve Extension of Leave of Absence for Firefighter Baily Lund <br /> <br />Baily Lund had been on leave since May 15, 2020, and had requested an extension of her Leave <br />of Absence. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the extension of the Leave of Absence <br />for Firefighter Baily Lund until December 31, 2020. <br /> <br />Approve Pay Voucher No. 1 for Goodview Avenue Improvement Project <br /> <br />T.A. Schfisky & Sons, Inc. had submitted Pay Voucher No. 1 in the amount of $244,989.81 for <br />work certified through September 11, 2020, on the Goodview Avenue Improvement Project. The <br />reclamation process had been completed on the project with paving to happen later in September. <br />Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved payment to T.A. Schifisky & Sons, Inc in the amount <br />of $244,989.81. <br /> <br />Approve Pay Voucher 4 & 5 for Waters Edge Stormwater Reuse Project –Phase 2 <br /> <br />Staff had received Pay Voucher No. 4 & 5 from Peterson Companies, Inc. for the Water’s Edge <br />Stormwater Reuse -Phase 2 project for work certified through August 31, 2020. Adoption of the <br />Consent Agenda approved payment in the amount of $71,756.05 for Payment Voucher No. 4 and <br />$6,239.66 for Payment Voucher No. 5 to Peterson Companies, Inc. <br /> <br />Approve Pay Voucher No. 13 for Water Tower No 4 <br /> <br />The City had received Pay Voucher No. 13 from CB&I, LLC for the Water Tower No. 4 <br />Improvement Project for work certified through August 31, 2020. Adoption of the Consent <br />Agenda approved payment of Pay Voucher No. 13 in the amount of $344,736.00l. <br /> <br />Approve $2,000 Donation from the American Legion to the Hugo Fire Department <br /> <br />The Hugo American Legion would like to donate $2,000 from gambling proceeds to the Hugo <br />Fire Department for training and equipment. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved this <br />donation. <br /> <br />Approve Proclamation Proclaiming October as Toastmasters Month <br /> <br />The City of Hugo had been contacted by a member of a Toastmasters group in White Bear Lake <br />requesting the City of Hugo proclaim the month of October as Toastmasters month Adoption of