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Parks,Trails&Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes June 15,2010 Page 5 because they did not receive information which had been requested. This was due to Ms. Olson not receiving the request since the envelope was addressed to a former Public Works Director and possibly thrown away. Ms. Olson appealed State Farm's decision and they have sent a letter stating they are reconsidering and hopefully the City will receive the grant money. 5. REPORTS A. City Council Report& Public Works/Parks & Recreation Report Ms. Olson informed that they received 25 applications for the Public Works Director position and approximately half of the applicants have Civil Engineering experience. T Phone interviews will be held this week and then the Personnel Committee will be do in- person interviews. They hope to have someone onboard by mid to end July. She stated the goal is to fill some of the engineering gap by having a Civil Engineer/Public Works Director. Ms. Olson announced that Joe Mooney, who has been the acting foreman since Jim Perron retired, has been appointed as superintendent of the Public Works Department. Also,they have placed an ad for an additional maintenance worker position. Ms. Olson indicated that the bids for the CP rail project have to be submitted by July 7, 2010, and could be under construction as early as August and completed by November. Ms. Olson informed that she and Chair Peck had met with Bruce Kunkel to see if Bethel would be interested in contributing towards the CP rail project and at that point he had indicated they had significant budget cuts and would not be able to commit financially but that he may be able to get some grant money the city could not. Ms. Olson does not feel this will help with the CP rail project itself since it is already at the bidding stage but it may help with some connecting trails. She has not touched base with Mr. Kunkel recently, but he did indicate he had authorization to have the grant writer look at opportunities. 6. NEXT MEETING A. All Committee Barbecue—July 20,2010, 6:00 p.m. and Cummings Park, 7. ADJOURNMENT Committee member Scott moved to adjourn, seconded by committee member Petersen. The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.