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City Council Minutes <br />~anuary 1~, 2a~0 <br />Page 2 <br />3.7. RESLUTI~N 10-05 AUTH~R~ZING CITY ~F ELF DIVER T~ <br />SUBMIT AN APPLICATI®~ FDR AN ENERGY EFFZCZENCY' AND <br />C~NSERVATZGN FLGC~ GRANT <br />1~DTI®N CARRIED 5~a, <br />4, ~ en Mike <br />No one appeared far open Mike. <br />Fire Chief Letter to the Editor <br /> <br />Chief Cunningham reviewed his letter to the editor for the lo,~ jspaper and asked for <br />Council feedback as to whether it represents the city's pos~~.d ~ ~.~ted the letter is in <br />response to a letter submitted last week regarding the ca~.titive b~d~xg process for fire <br />equipment. ,> <br />Ms. Johnson stated city staff followed the co~~t ~ocedure~ end noted that ~,fdon't always <br />get as many bids as we would like. f <br />Attorney Beck stated city staff did consult with him ~~ ~s item. <br />~t was Council consensus to move f~~~~~~~ ~,~t% sending t% leer as it was drafted. <br />l <br />1 <br />5.1. Annual Street Department Can~tal Pu~~ses <br />-- <br />Mr. Hals presented tl~c s~f' report. <br />llri®VED BYC~NCILII BER ZF~R AS AND SECGNDED EY <br />C®UNCILME~ E ~~~TG T APPRGVE STP.EET EQUIPMENT <br />PURCI~ASES AS ~~~T~I~D ~~ `~ STAFF REPORT. MDTIC~N CAR.RZED <br />5-0. <br />5.2. ~~~~bal Update o w Re~.~~~1 <br />~'F Hals provided an ;update on the Christmas holiday snow removal, He reviewed hours <br />i~ ~~ by staff and nd an exti.~a day should have been spent with cleaning the roads up in <br />or. ~ the streets t be in better shape, He stated at the time he was given direction that <br />overt~~ l~.ours ~s be kept down. <br />Ms, Hals re~~~ed the amount of salt and sand used and noted the city had to use twice as <br />much as normal due to the late cleanup afterwards. He stated costs were fairly even between <br />whether to allow employee overtime versus using the additional salt. <br />Mr. Hals stated staff would be experimenting with a new mixture utilizing beet juicesugar <br />beets} as apre-treatment method, which lowers the melting temperature of salt. <br />Mr. Thompson stated this hasn't been discussed by other departments yet but they may <br />propose continued and additional cooperation from other departments. He stated they axe <br />considering the addition of four routes to plow cul-de-sacs. He stated this would help the <br />current fleet of plow trucks focus more on the streets rather than spending a lot of time <br />cleaning up cul-de-sacs, which can betime-consuming due to the large size of the regular <br />