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Agenda Item E.1 <br />Matthew Derr <br />Rachel Juba <br />14669 Fitzgerald Ave N, <br />Hugo, MN <br />55038 <br />13485 Europa Court North Unit #4 <br />Hugo, MN <br />55038 <br />December 22nd, 2021 <br />Rachel: <br />I am taking a few moments to express my interest in the vacant Vice Chairperson role on the <br />Planning Commission that will be available as of January V. For the past four years I have enjoyed being <br />a part of this great city and I also feel that my city work has helped me in my professional life as well. I <br />am grateful for the opportunity that I have been given as Public Service has been a part of my whole life, <br />my father was a Social Worker and my mother worked in Public Libraries for many years. Being I decided <br />to join the For -Profit World, the city has provided me the opportunity to feel involved in the Community. <br />I feel that I have gained experience in working with the city and also bring a lot of experience <br />from the Corporate World that makes me a good fit. I am currently P in seniority on the commission <br />and I am always looking for additional opportunities to serve our city in anyway I can. <br />Professional Life <br />• Served in a Leadership Role for about eight years supervising teams between 4 and 9 people, <br />including day to day needs and also recruiting, hiring and training. <br />• Member of Employee Resource groups promoting Community Involvement and Diversity in the <br />workplace. <br />• 1 also am an active contributor in several Lean Six Sigma projects ranging from equipment and <br />software modifications and also improving recruitment and retention of associates to Ecolab. <br />City & Community Based <br />• Lead multiple giving campaigns sponsored by Ecolab that benefited two under -served schools in <br />the Saint Paul and West Saint Paul neighborhoods. This included solicitation of contributions, <br />coordinating with the schools and other outside organizations for maximum results, and <br />delivering the contributions. (Best part) <br />I periodically serve on the Board to decide the fate of the Hopkins Schoolhouse. <br />I have helped with the Tour De Hugo benefiting the Hugo Parks Department <br />I served on the Lions Park Pavilion steering group. <br />I have enjoyed being a small sprocket that helps run the machine that is the City of Hugo and <br />looking at the changes that we have seen and where it might be. I have taken every opportunity to <br />be involved and to learn as much as I can, what helped be understand most about the city are the <br />many casual conversations that I have had before and after meetings and other community <br />activities. Counselman Kline once told me, and I am paraphrasing this, that in every city that there <br />are only about 20 people who do everything. I feel that we, as a city, are lucky not to have "only 20 <br />people" we have "these 20 people" and I appreciate being one of those people. <br />Thank you for taking the time to read this, I know I get wordy at times. I also appreciate the <br />consideration and look forward to answering any additional questions you have. <br />Thank you <br />Matthew D. Derr <br />