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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for April 19, 2021 Page 3 of 6 Good Neighbor Days Festival – Lions Club Members Jason Schwieger Jason Schwieger, Assistant President of the Hugo Lions Club presented to Council information on their plan to hold the Hugo Good Neighbor Days Festival on Friday, June 11 – Sunday, June 13, 2021 at Lions Park. He explained how they were working on holding the event in a safe manner due to COVID, and he acknowledged they may have to delete some activities. There were plans for a beer garden, petting zoo, fireworks, parade, craft fair, bags tournament and rib contest on Saturday. Grundhofer Meats would be donating ribs. The Lions were not planning on using the kitchen since they were getting ready for the building to be torn down with the improvements to Lions Park, so they will be using the Centerville Lions Club’s food trailer. Due to COVID, there would be more washing stations, Plexiglas dividers, and sanitation stations. He stated they would be waiting for the last action plan from the governor before creating their COVID plan. Council expressed appreciation for all the Lions do in putting on this event. Schwieger asked Council to waive the Special Event Permit and provide police services for the event as in the past. Haas made motion, Klein seconded, to waive the Special Event Permit and provide police services for the event with the review and approval by staff of their COVID plan. All Ayes. Motion carried. Washington County Sheriff’s Office Annual Report – Sheriff Dan Starry Washington County Sheriff Dan Starry was in attendance to present the Sheriff’s Department annual report. He began by commending Ron Gray on his 40 years of service to the Hugo Fire Department. Starry talked about being with the Sheriff’s Office since 1993, saying it was an honor being elected the 30th Sheriff of Washington County. He introduced Chief Deputy Anschutz, newly assigned Patrol Commander Tim Harris, and Hugo Sergeant Joe Zerwas. He talked about the eight deputies that work hard to serve everyone who lived and worked in Hugo. Starry presented the guiding principles they use to build trust and collaboration in the community and serve with fairness, respect, and impartiality. The explained the budget for Hugo in 2021 was just over $1.2 million dollars, which came to $79.10 cost per capita. He talked about the new challenges in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the civil unrest due to the Chauvin trial saying an East Metro Readiness Group was formed to address requests for services. He said hiring during this time has been a challenge with the applicant pool decreasing. He provided trends in Washington County saying there had been an increase of calls for persons in crisis, speeding, theft of vehicles, driving while impaired, and no increase in overdose deaths. There were six in Hugo last year. He explained ways they were responding to each of those trends saying they created special units and received grants to assist in DWI and speeding enforcement. They also provide assistance to those struggling with opioids. He talked about the Drug Takeback Program and how they collected over 35 tons of medication since the program began in 2013. Ten barrels of were collected in Hugo alone last year. He thanked the City for partnering with them. He explained there were 8,421 calls for service last year and 5,433