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Gem Lake News Page 4 of 6 Traffic Safety Initiative on New Year's Eve Nets Results The Ramsey County Sheriff's Office hosted a New Year's Eve High Visibility DWI Saturation in order to keep the roads as safe as possible. Twenty overtime officers and fourteen reserve officers saturated downtown freeways and surrounding areas. As a result seven squad cars were kept extremely busy all night long criss - crossing the cities and assisting with stops, tows and transports. There were a total of 290 traffic stops. Of those, 22 people were taken into custody, 17 were arrested for DWI and 37 drivers were cited for Driving after Revocation or Suspension of their drivers license. Gem Lake Scholarship Program Gem Lake residents who are graduating from high school in 2013 should consider the Gem Lake Scholarship program. The program will be in its fourth year and uses charitable gambling receipts to fund scholarships for post secondary education. Information will be available in the spring through high school counselors. Liquor and Tobacco Licenses Renewed for 2013 Liquor, tobacco and charitable gambling licenses were recently renewed for 2013 for the Country Lounge and the Gem Lake Hills Golf Course. The approvals happened at the January 15 city council meeting, after review of each application. For the Country Lounge, the application included a request for approval of both liquor and tobacco licenses, as well as licenses for charitable gambling and Sunday liquor sales. In addition, the Country Lounge requested approval for the sale of liquor until 2 a.m. under certain conditions. For the Gem Lake Hills Golf Course, the application requested approval for on sale liquor and Sunday liquor sales. Each facility is now licensed throughout 2013. City News Page City Appointments Made for 2013 As required by state statute, the City of Gem Lake formally appointed individuals and organizations to various city positions at the January city council meeting. This included things like appointing a back-up mayor so meetings could be conducted in the mayor's absence. Some appointments are required by law, such as the city clerk, the city treasurer, the back-up mayor, and believe or not, a weed inspector. Other positions or appointments are usual and customary to assign to someone to once a year in January. This would include things like naming an auditor, a sewer inspector, a building inspector, etc. With the exception of services the City contracts for, such as fire, law enforcement, zoning administration, animal control, city clerk, etc. most positions are what you call honorary, meaning there is no pay what so ever... Some highlights of the appointments include the following: City Clerk: William Short of White Bear Township City Treasurer: Thomas Kelly of White Bear Township City Engineers: Short Elliot Henderson (SEH) Zoning Administrator: Robert Uzpen City Code Enforcement Officer: Michael Johnson of White Bear Township Representative to the Ramsey County Sheriff's Department: Rick Bosak City Emergency Services Director: Jim Lindner Ramsey County League of Local Government Representative: Faith Kuny Back up Mayor: Gretchen Artig-Swomley Assistant Weed Inspector: Jim Lindner February Workshop Topics Gem Lake's fee structure will be one of two topics discussed at the February City Council Workshop, to be held at 7:00 p.m. on February 11 at Heritage Hall. The second topic will be bringing consistency throughout city documents, such as zoning ordinances, the Comprehensive Plan and city maps. Please feel free to attend the meeting and provide your feedback.