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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for October 18, 2021 Page 2 of 5 6. Approve the Withdrawal of Jodie Guareschi’s Retirement from the Fire Department All Ayes. Motion carried. Approve Claims Roster Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the Claims Roster as presented. Approve Annual Performance Review for Finance Coordinator Anna Wobse Anna Wobse was hired as the City’s Accounting Clerk on October 27, 2008, and worked in accounts payable and payroll functions. At its March 19, 2018, meeting, Council approved Anna as the new Finance Coordinator and most recently as the Interim Finance Director. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the annual performance review for Finance Coordinator Anna Wobse. Approve Advertisement for Accounting Clerk With the promotion of Anna Wobse as Finance Director, a vacancy occured in the Finance Department. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the advertisement for an Accounting Clerk to fulfill those duties. Approve Authorization to Update Shooting Regulations Ordinance At its meeting on May 17, 2010, the Council approved amendments to the Shooting Regulations in the Hugo City Code. The amendments included adoption of a Controlled Shooting Area Map that identified an area that is subject to certain restrictions. These restrictions prohibited discharging a firearm or controlled weapon within 500 feet of a building occupied by human or livestock or a stockade or corral containing livestock. It also prohibited discharge of a firearm or controlled weapon within 500 feet of any public road. Areas of the City not in the Controlled Shooting Area may discharge a firearm on their own property or on private property with the consent of the owner or legal occupant, as regulated by the DNR. Staff recommended the Controlled Shooting Area be expanded to include land which had since been developed with neighborhood homes and parks. Adoption of the Consent Agenda authorized staff to draft an amendment to the Controlled Shooting Area Map for Council approval. Approve Authorization to Update Tobacco Ordinance In May of 2020, the Governor signed into law revisions to State Statute 609.685 “Sale of Tobacco to Children” to “Sale of Tobacco to Persons Under Age 21”. State Statute made it a penalty to sell or furnish tobacco or tobacco-related devices or electronic delivery devices to a person under the age of 21 years. In addition, the law increased the minimum penalties for a licensee or employee of a licensee who is in violation of this law. The City’s current Tobacco Ordinance made it a penalty to sell or furnish tobacco to a minor, and defined a minor as a person under the age 18. Penalties for violation were adopted with the City’s fee schedule. Adoption of the Consent Agenda authorized staff to draft an amendment to update the Tobacco Ordinance for Council approval.