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11. Staff updates Over the last few months we have been pursuing a safety grant from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry for a scissors lift for the Arena. After being rejected two times, the third submittal was approved. The Department of Labor and Industry awarded $6,230.00 in matching funds for the scissor lift. On Apri12°a City Council Meeting, the Cities Safety Officer (Bruce West) and I proposed purchasing a scissor lift for $12, 460.11. The city council approved the request and the scissor lift was purchased the next day. The lift will be used for several items throughout the building, mainly for changing rink bulbs and cleaning higher areas in the buildings. The lift will also be used to change the Arena's parking lot bulbs and used for other projects throughout the city. This summer we have several projects that we will be working on. The north end of the Barn will be remodeled with the center wood to match the rest of the Barn. The railings in the Olympic rink will be painted along with some of the locker rooms and lobby. A portion of the roof over the lobby will be re done so that the water will floe to the roof drains and not pond up in the corner of the building. Locker room benches will be replaced in all of the locker rooms, provided that we receive the money needed from the land abatement fund. The Olympic rinks ice will be re painted this spring and will be ready to skate on in June. This is the time of the year that building receives its main cleaning, from top to bottom. The Veterans of Foreign War donated $3,500.00 to install a flag pole in front of the building, that project will include some prep work from the street department before it can begin.