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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for December 20, 2021 <br />Page 4 of 8 <br /> <br />November 23, 2021, and if Treasury guidance remained unchanged, would receive the second <br />half in 2022. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2021-79 <br />AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF THE REDISTRIBUTION OF UNREQUESTED <br />CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS ESTABLISHED UNDER THE <br />AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT. <br /> <br />Approve Ordinance Establishing 2022 Fee Schedule and Publication of Summary <br />Ordinance <br /> <br />City staff annually reviewed the fee, rates and charges schedule and recommended changes. <br />The Finance Department had reviewed these changes and incorporated them into the fee <br />schedule for 2022. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved ORDINANCE 2021-510 <br />AUTHORIZING ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES, RATES AND CHARGES <br /> <br />Approval of 2022 Salary Resolution <br /> <br />At the mid-year budget workshop, the City Council indicated their willingness to adjust the <br />City’s salary matrix by 4.5% and to grant step increases to those employees who had not yet <br />reached their pay grade maximums. Council approved the 2022 budget containing these <br />adjustments at their December 6, 2021, Council meeting. Twelve of the City’s 25 full-time <br />employees would receive step increases. Two employees would be repositioned to a higher pay <br />grade to better align their wages with comparable metro cities. A new building inspector was <br />hired in 2021, and the Finance Coordinator position was restructured to an Accounting Clerk <br />position. The net aggregate dollar increase was $171,471 and the overall budget for employee <br />wages would increase by 8.11%. Using state supplied software, the Finance Department <br />verified that the City would remain in compliance with Pay Equity Statutes. Adoption of the <br />Consent Agenda approved RESOLUTION 2021-80 SETTING 2022 SALARIES FOR CITY <br />EMPLOYEES AND ESTABLISHING EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT LEVELS. <br /> <br />Approve Retirement of Scott Arcand from the Planning Commission <br /> <br />Scott Arcamd was appointed to the Planning Commission in September, 2009, and had served <br />over four terms on the Commission. Scott’s term expired at the end of 2021, and after 12+ <br />years serving on the Commission, Scott had indicated he did not want to be reappointed. <br />Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the retirement of Scott Arcand from the Planning <br />Commission. <br /> <br />Approve Renewal of Term for Planning Commissioner Bronwen Kleissler <br /> <br />The term for Planning Commissioner Bronwen Kleissler expired on December 31, 2021. <br />Kleissler had indicated she wanted to be reappointed for another four-year term. Adoption <br />of the Consent Agenda approved the reappointment of Commissioner Bronwen Kleissler for <br />another four-year term on the Planning Commission to expire December 31, 2025. <br /> <br />Approve Renewal of Term for EDA Commissioner Frank Puleo <br /> <br />The term for Economic Development Authority Commissioner Frank Puleo expired on <br />December 31, 2021. Puleo had indicated he wanted to be reappointed for another six-year term.