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City Council Minutes <br /> November 5, 2019 <br /> Page 13 of 16 <br /> ----------------------------- <br /> The consensus of the Council agreed to have WSN prepare a proposal to <br /> present at the next Council meeting <br /> 10. Administration <br /> The following items were received by Council. <br /> • October 10, 2019 draft Park Commission minutes <br /> • October 15, 2019 draft EDC minutes <br /> • October 15, 2019 HRA minutes <br /> 10.1. Citv Clerk/Treasurer's Probationarv Period <br /> Nancy Malecha informed the Council that Angie Duus was hired as the City <br /> Clerk/Treasurer on April 29, 2019 and her performance review was processed on <br /> October 29th. Ms. Malecha stated that she has successfully completed her <br /> probationary period and is meeting the performance expectations of this position. <br /> COUNCIL MEMBER SEILS ACKNOWLEDGED ANGIE DUUS' SUCCESSFUL <br /> COMPLETION OF HER SIX-MONTH PROBATIONARY PERIOD AS CITY <br /> CLERK/TREASURER. COUNCIL MEMBER SWANSON SECONDED THE <br /> MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. <br /> 10.2. SCORE (Recvclinq) FundinQ Update <br /> Nancy Malecha stated that at the October 1st City Council Meeting, the Council <br /> directed her to send a letter to the Crow Wing County Board of Commissioners <br /> requesting to reinstate the City's 2020 SCORE funding allocation in the amount <br /> of$13,250. She stated that they are not going to fund the City's curbside <br /> recycling for 2020 and she informed the Council that they are also eliminating <br /> five drop-off sites within the County. <br /> Tyler Gardner, owner of Pequot Lakes Sanitation, addressed the Council and <br /> stated they will have to raise rates quite substantially to customers because of <br /> the cost of doing business. <br /> Council discussion ensued about eliminating recycling, rising costs for recycling, <br /> and recycling ending up in the landfills. Mr. Gardner state because of the City's <br /> ordinance he would not be able to haul garbage without offering recycling. He <br /> also stated that from his business standpoint he cannot eliminate recycling <br /> because he would go out of business. <br /> 10.3. Fiber Optic Infrastructure Needs Correspondence Request <br /> Nancy Malecha informed the Council that at the October Economic Development <br /> Commission meeting they approved the issuance of a letter to TDS Telecom <br /> expressing the urgency for expanded fiber optic infrastructure within the Pequot <br /> Lakes Grow Zone Overlay District. Ms. Malecha stated that the EDC is further <br />