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Hugo City Council Meeting Minutes for January 9, 2023 <br />Page 3 of 9 <br /> <br /> <br />Approve Appointment of Mike Miron as Acting Mayor <br /> <br />Each year, the Council appoints a member of the Council for the position of Acting Mayor. On <br />behalf of Mayor Tom Weidt, staff recommended approval of the appointment of Council <br />Member Mike Miron as Acting Mayor for the year 2023. Adoption of the Consent Agenda <br />approved the appointment of Mike Miron as Acting Mayor. <br /> <br />Approve Appointment of WSB and Associates as City Engineer <br /> <br />WSB Engineers had been the City Engineer for the past 19 years. WSB Engineers had requested <br />to continue to provide this service to the City at a revised rate schedule. Adoption of the Consent <br />Agenda approved the appointment of WSB Engineers and Mark Erichson as the City Engineer <br />for 2023. <br /> <br />Approve Appointment of Landform as City Planner <br /> <br />Kendra Lindahl from Landform had worked over the past 20 years as the City Planner. Landform <br />had requested to continue to provide this service to the City at a revised rate schedule. Adoption <br />of the Consent Agenda approved the appointment of Kendra Lindahl as the City <br />Planner/Planning Consultant for the year 2023.   <br /> <br />Approve Appointment of Johnson & Turner as City Attorney <br /> <br />City Attorney Dave Snyder had served the City with the law firm of Johnson & Turner for the <br />past seven years. Johnson & Turner had requested to continue to provide legal services to the <br />City. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved the appointment of David K. Snyder and the <br />Johnson & Turner Law Firm as the City Attorney for the year 2023. <br /> <br />Approve Appointment of Baker Tilly as Financial Advisor <br /> <br />Financial advisors Paul Steinman, Mikaela Huot, and Nick Dragisich and the other members of <br />the Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (formerly Springsted, Inc.) team had served the City over <br />the years on a wide variety of projects. Adoption of the Consent Agenda approved Baker Tilly <br />Virchow Krause, LLP, as the City’s financial advisors for the year 2023. <br /> <br />Approve Appointment of US Bank as Depository for City Funds <br /> <br />Each year, Council selects a depository/bank for the deposit of City funds. For many years, <br />Council had selected the local Hugo branch of US Bank. Adoption of the Consent Agenda <br />approved U.S. Bank-Hugo as the official depository for City funds for 2023. <br /> <br />Approve Appointment of The Citizen as Official Newspaper <br /> <br />Each year, Council selects a newspaper as the official publication for all public notices and <br />publishing of ordinances. For the past 15 years, the City Council had appointed The Citizen as <br />the City’s new official newspaper, and The Citizen had requested to continue to provide this <br />service at a rate increase from $12.70 to $13.33 per column inch. Adoption of the Consent <br />Agenda approved The Citizen as the City’s official newspaper for 2023.