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City Council Minutes <br />April 3, 2023 <br />Page 8 of 10 <br />----------------------------- <br />8.3 Officer Resignation <br />The Council acknowledged part-time Police Officer Jonti Roos's resignation and <br />thanked him for his service. Mayor Gardner stated he knew he picked up a lot of <br />shifts the last couple years and thanked him for that. <br />9. Public Works <br />9.1 Public Works Report <br />The Council said that the Public Works Department is doing a great job <br />especially considering all the snow for the season and thanked them for all their <br />hard work. <br />Mayor Gardner stated Jack Schmidt gave him a note of appreciation to the city <br />for its snow removal. <br />9.2. Maintenance Position Hiring Approval <br />Mr. Spiczka stated they just went through a screening process with the <br />applicants. He said he just received word today that the applicant they selected <br />to hire accepted the position at grade 10, step 2. He stated the ne hires name is <br />Ken Evgen and he has a lot of experience with equipment maintenance and <br />industrial experience working on equipment. He said his start date will be April <br />24, 2023.. ` <br />COUNCIL MEMBER RONNING MOVED TO HIRE KEN EVGEN AT GRADE 10, <br />STEP 2 WITH A START DATE OF APRIL 24, 2023. COUNCIL MEMBER <br />PEDERSON SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 4-0. <br />9.3 Larsen Parkway Extension Engineering Proposal <br />Tim Houle gave some background on the Larsen Parkway in the HOTGL. He <br />stated the city was able to start the extension of Larsen Parkway into the HOTGL <br />with some funding assistance from a grant. He said that helped extend water and <br />sanitary sewer coming in from the present end of the industrial park at <br />Morehouse and down Dirksen. He stated Excel Energy built their facility on the <br />east side of Larson Parkway and on the west side between Larson Parkway and <br />the Paul Bunyan Trail is a lot that is for sale and a stormwater basin for the city. <br />He said the proposal in the packet is to extend the roadway alongside this <br />proposed lot for the apartment building that would go in between Paul Bunyan <br />Trail and another extension of Larson Parkway. He said they are currently <br />working on the plat for the apartment building lot. <br />Mr. Houle stated the challenge with doing the bit by bit extensions into the <br />HOTGL is designing the stormwater. He stated financially it is good for the city to <br />go step by step but the city may want to look at its selling price as it was set <br />some years back. He said the shovel ready component of the HOTGL and the <br />