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City Council Minutes February 2, 2005 Page 5 ---------------------------- COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD MOVED TO APPROVE BRETT TWARDY'S REQUEST TO ATTEND THE MRWA CONFERENCE AND THE WASTEWATER OPERATIONS CONFERENCE. COUNCIL MEMBER NAGEL SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Brett Twardy indicated that he is requesting Council permission to begin the process of hiring a temporary employee for the water/wastewater department from April 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005 with the pay to be about $11.00 to $12.00 per hour. COUNCIL MEMBER GREER MOVED TO AUTHORIZE BRETT TWARDY TO START THE INTERVIEW PROCESS FOR THE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN AND TO COME TO THE COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR HIRING AN EMPLOYEE. COUNCIL MEMBER PFEIFFER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. Council Member Ryan indicated that he is working on the rate structure for water and sewer and will report to the Council when he is finished. 10. Fire Chiefs Report Report by Chief Tom Nelson. Chief Nelson questioned if the City has plans to replace the gutters on the east side of the City Hall building. Council Member Sjoblad stated that there are plans to have them fixed. Chief Nelson requested help from the Street Department to remove the snow from the hydrants. 11.1. Comp Time The Clerk requested to increase the number of comp hours allowed to be accumulated from 40 to 80. COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN MOVED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMP HOURS ON THE BOOKS FROM 40 TO 80 DURING THE YEAR WITH A MAXIMUM OF 40 HOURS OF COMP TO BE ALLOWED TO BE CARRIED OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR. COUNCIL MEMBER GREER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 11.2. Audit and GASB 34 The Clerk recommended that the Council approve a full GASB 34 audit for the 2004 audit. She stated that the Council must set a capital asset