A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium.
The City of Saint Paul's City Clerkâs Office is responsible for: 1  Managing the record-keeping functions for all City Council actions. 2  Managing the administrative updating of the: Saint Paul Charter. Legislative Code. 3  Overseeing the election contract with Ramsey County.  Administering domestic partnership registrations.
For other uses of the word Chaska, see Chaska (disambiguation). Chaska is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,770 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Carver County, which is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.