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Minutes HUGO CITY COUNCIL MEETING HUGO CITY HALL/REMOTE MEETING 14969 Fitzgerald Avenue North • Hugo. MN SS038 MONDAY. JANUARY 4. 2021— 7 P.M. Meeting was held remotely pursuant to MN Statute Sec. 13D.021. ZOOM Meeting ID: 897 6177 7807 Passcode: 408516 Oath of Office On November 3, 2020, the City of Hugo held its municipal elections. Tom Weidt was reelected as Mayor, Phil Klein as Council Member Ward 2, and Mike Miron as Council at Large. The Weidt, Miron, and Klein recited the Oath of Office. Call to Order Mayor Weidt called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. COUNCIL PRESENT REMOTELY: Haas, Klein, Miron, Petryk, Weidt COUNCIL ABSENT: None OTHERS PRESENT REMOTELY: City Attorney Dave Snyder, City Engineer Mark Erichson, Finance Director Ron Otkin, Community Development Director Rachel Juba PRESENT AT CITY HALL: City Administrator Bryan Bear, City Clerk Michele Lindau Approval of Minutes for the December 21, 2020, City Council Meeting Klein made motion, Petryk seconded, to approve the minutes for the City Council meeting held on December 21, 2020, as presented. Roll call vote — all ayes. Motion carried. Approval of Agenda Weidt made motion, Haas seconded, to approve the agenda as presented. Roll call vote — all ayes. Motion carried. Update on COVID-19 City Response and Approval of Hybrid Meeting Protocols City Administrator Bryan Bear provided an update on the City's response to the COVID pandemic. The City continues to operate under the State of Emergency declared in mid -March and the current Executive Order 20-103. He talked about the new state and federal grant program and invited all businesses interested in the program to attend the next Hugo Business Association meeting on January 12, 2021. Representatives from Washington County will be there to provide information on how to receive the funding. City Hall remained open and all services were available. Bear talked about the Family First Coronavirus Response Act that included 80 hours paid emergency sick leave. This Act expired on December 31, 2020, and he noted that the impacts would be on -going after that time. He referenced a consent agenda item that would extend the paid emergency sick leave until a time the vaccine was available to staff.