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• Metropolitan Council Environmental Services (MCES) Staff audited the City's compliance with Sewer Availability Charge (SAC) regulations. Findings will be forwarded to City Council when available. • Congratulation to Tim Gladhill for recently being elected Vice - President of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association. Police • Brrrrr. Officers were dispatched to numerous "dog" complaints during the recent cold snap. As officers responded to the complaints, it was realized that the calls were not actually dog complaints, but people complaints. The complaints involved dogs reportedly being left outside by their owners during the extreme cold. No neglect situations were found. • Coupon Schmoopon. On 1/23, a female reported to officers that she believed she was a victim of identity theft. She had been expecting a package for the past month and received a phone call from an unknown individual saying that in order to receive her delivery, she needed to answer a security question. The security question, "what company did she work for ", was answered by the female. A short time later, her employer was contacted by an individual who asked for the female's social security number and date of birth so that a package could be delivered to her. Her employer refused to provide the information. The package (a free gift that the female is trying to redeem from a coupon that she received in the mail) has still not arrived. She was advised not to answer anymore of the phone calls from this party. Public Works • With the cold this week most of our activities have been indoor related. Mostly routine building maintenance and equipment repair. Our brush chipper needed a new clutch and fly wheel, so that work was completed this week. We will also be sending out 31 letters to residents concerning tree trimming work. We send the letters out to advice people we will be working near their homes and give them a chance to voice concerns, if they have any. The cold weather looks like it's going to break and that usually means snow. Forecast right now is for snow Thursday night into Friday morning and again on Sunday afternoon. Both events have a chance of producing plowable snow with freezing rain a possibility on Sunday. Utilities • One utility employee is attending a collection system operators conference this week, this conference gives the employee the needed training hours needed to keep current on his collection system license that is required by the Pollution control agency. • We continue to check on vacant homes that have the gas service shut off and we have been shutting off the water services to them. This process is slow going this time of the year since the shut off is located in the front yards and is often buried in frozen ground covered in snow and ice, excavation of the curb stop often takes several hours to uncover, often we place a frost hog over the top of the curb, stop to assist in the thawing process. The frost hog is a propane heater that is left overnight that takes all the frost out of the ground and makes the digging much easier. Save the Date: • NorthMetro Chamber of Commerce 2012 Excellence in Business Awards Luncheon — Tuesday, February 5, 2013 — Majestic Oaks, 701 Bunker Lake Blvd, Ham Lake. Registration begins at 11:30 followed by the luncheon and award ceremony at noon. Featured speaker is Kieran Folliard, founder of 2 Gingers whiskey. The 2012 Business