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Charter Commission (6:30 p.m. — CC) • Review Draft Ordinance Proposing an Amendment to the City's Charter • Approve Summary Letter to the Judge Council Update April Strom. Officers responded to numerous vehicles in the ditch during and after the snow storm. A loaded school bus was one of the vehicles that found the ditch, luckily there were no injuries. An Allina ambulance was unable to get to residence for a medical because of the snow. Ramsey Rescue had to transport the ill person to the ambulance for transport to the hospital. Fire Department. • Mutual Aid to Oak Grove April 10. Outside of garage on fire • Vehicle PI at Sunwood and Hwy 5. 2 transported • Mutual Aid to Andover for grass fire April 15 • Assist with elderly patient in snow storm April 17, 2014 • DNR spring burning restrictions began Monday April 14 Recruitment Updates: • Interns: The annual intern recruitments are complete. • PW Seasonals: Those eligible to return have been contacted, backgrounds have been checked, and pre - employment drug screens have been scheduled. New seasonals are being interviewed this week. • PT Administrative Assistant: Staff received 127 applications, staff conducted 16 first interviews and 4 second interviews. A finalist was contacted and she will be going through the City's backgrounding process, followed by a case on May 13 requesting authorization to hire. • Leave of absence: An employee in the Engineering Division is out on a leave of absence; her position is being covered by an intern/temporary employee. Board and Commission Survey: Staff will be sending a survey to the current board and commission members in an attempt to receive feedback regarding the continued or discontinued issuance of stipends. The survey results will be shared with the City Council at an upcoming work - session. Public Works. Not very often do we get the opportunity to sweep streets in the morning and plow them in the afternoon. Ramsey received approximately 12 inches of snow on Wednesday, April 17t Crews were out at 2:00 am clearing the streets. We hope this is the end, but no guarantees. The street sweeping contractor was to start on April 18 but will be delayed due to the snow. The pothole patching contractor will start on April 22n and will be done approximately April 25 Work has begun on the Armstrong to 161' trail. Utilities crews are still flushing water mains — they were delayed by the snow as well. They should be wrapping up by the end of next week. Field maintenance was to begin Thursday, but with a foot of snow that will have to wait. Good Luck PACT Charter with the game you had scheduled for tonight. Our Mission: To work together to responsibly grow our community, and to provide quality, cost - effective, and efficient government services