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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL—September 28, 2009 27 9. Council Comments and Requests (continued) City Administrator Moorse stated that he had gotten responses to a majority of the questions and was expecting the remainder to be answered in the next few days. He would forward this information to the Council. Councilmember Grant asked if Council was getting an analysis for I&I as they had requested. Public Works Director Hoag stated that he had talked to Mr. Janski at Bonestroo and they are still working with the Met Council to get answers. The 2010 work plan was submitted last Friday and it is similar to the work plan for 2009 as far as the range of things that the City will be working on. As the data is received there will be a 2009 update for the Council. Councilmember Grant asked if the City had requested to have the surcharge removed. Public Works Director Hoag stated that they have not yet asked to have the surcharge removed. Staff has asked what the steps are to get the surcharge removed. Met Council has stated that they have not removed any surcharges yet. Councilmember Grant stated that he thought New Brighton had their surcharge dropped. Public Works Director Hoag stated that he would follow up with New Brighton and he will provide an update in the Admin Update. Councilmember Grant asked if the surcharge was based on a three year average. - Mayor Harpstead stated that it was a three year average. As the City improves, the average will go down making it more difficult for the City to comply. Councilmember Grant asked if the seasonal help had finished for the year. Public Works Director Hoag stated that there were no seasonal help on staff as of last Friday. Councilmember Grant stated that there were a lot of charges for tree trimming in claims and payroll. He asked where these trees were and why there were so many.