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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for December 20, 2021 Page 3 of 8 Approve Annual Performance Review for Public Works Worker Neal Nelson Neal Nelson was hired on January 3, 2017, as a Public Works Worker. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the Annual Performance Review for Neal Nelson. Approve Resolution on Statutory Tort Liability Limits In the late 1990’s, the League of Minnesota Insurance Trust required each City that obtained liability coverage from them to decide whether or not to waive the statutory tort liability limits to the extent of coverage purchased. Currently these limits were $500,000 per claimant and $1,500,000 per occurrence. At that time the City Council opted not to waive the statutory limits. LMCIT required each member city to reaffirm their position on an annual basis. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION NO. 2021-77 A RESOLUTION NOT TO WAIVE STATUTORY TORT LIABILITY LIMITS. Approve Resolution Certifying Delinquent Utility Accounts The Hugo Finance Department had reviewed all delinquent utility bills that were the result of nonpayment or underpayment of water and sewer utility bills. In accordance with City Ordinance, Council was required to adopt a resolution to certify delinquent utility bills to the property tax rolls. Property owners who had not paid their outstanding utility bill would have it certified to the property tax rolls. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2021 – 78 CERTIFYING UNPAID UTILITY BILLS TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR COLLECTION. Approve Resolution Authorizing Acceptance of the Redistribution of Unrequested Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Funds At their June 21, 2021, City Council Meeting, Council approved a resolution authorizing acceptance of $1,600,000.00 in Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Funds that the City of Hugo was eligible to receive under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund was established to provide a substantial infusion of resources to help turn the tide on the COVID-19 pandemic, address the pandemic’s economic fallout, and lay the foundation for a strong and equitable recovery. Eligible uses of the Recovery Funds included responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency and the negative economic impacts of the pandemic, premium pay for essential workers, replacement of revenue lost due to the pandemic that would be used to provide vital government services, and necessary investments in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure. The City received the first half of the requested funds in July and were to receive the second half in 2022. On November 22, 2021, the City was notified that the City would receive an additional distribution of unrequested Recovery Funds. Additional funds were available for distribution because after the October 11, 2021, deadline passed for local governments to request ARPA funds, nearly $12 million of the $377 million available to Minnesota’s non-entitlement units of local governments (cities under 50,000 in population) remained unrequested. As allowed by the United States Department of Treasury, the state of Minnesota was redistributing these unclaimed funds amongst eligible local governments who initially requested ARPA funds. The City of Hugo would receive an estimated additional $52,903.46. The City received the first half of these unrequested funds on