02-06-2023 City Council Meeting Minutes

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8.2 Police Officer Hire The Police Department recently completed a hiring process to fill the officer spot vacated by Chief Davis being named Chief of Police. Chief Davis is recommending two officers for hire: Masen Barton as a Full Time Officer at Step One on the Union scale. Jennifer Strack as a Part Time Officer at PT Officer Rate. COUNCIL MEMBER RONNING MOVED TO APPROVE TO HIRE MASEN BARTON AS A FULL-TIME OFFICER AT STEP ONE OF THE UNION SCALE AND JENNIFER STRACK AS A PART-TIME OFFICER AT THE PART-TIME OFFICER RATE. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 8.3 Approval of Legal Services Agreement Mr. Spiczka explained that the dates on the agreement are incorrect but all the other information is correct. COUNCIL MEMBER CLEMENT MOVED TO APPROVE THE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR SEVERSON AND PORTER FOR PROSECUTION SERVICES FOR 2023 WITH THE $280 OR 2.5% INCREASE WITH THE DATES ADJUSTED TO THE CORRECT DATES. COUNCIL MEMBER PEDERSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. 9. Public Works 9.1. Public Works Report The January 2023 Public Works report was received by Council. Mayor Gardner asked about the truck that was having electrical issues and Nick Roy stated the truck is good now. 9.2. Patriot Avenue Redesign Mr. Spiczka stated he would like a firm direction for Widseth. Mayor Gardner requested keeping it cheap for now until the road is redone. He said to stripe on the west side of the road and parking on the east side of the road. Council Member Pederson asked why wait to rebuild and suggested making in useable and safer sooner than later. He said it adds the parking that is needed and makes it safer with crosswalks. Discussion ensued about diagonal parking with a safe zone behind the vehicle. Council Member Clement asked if something could even be done quickly. Discussion ensued about bump outs and chip sealing. Tim Houle said the time frame that chip sealing last depends on traffic, winter and other factors.