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City Council Meeting Minutes March 6, 2007 Page 8 of 11 recommends awarding the 2007 Landscape Maintenance Contract to CoCa I Landscape. COUNCIL COMMENT Council member Clabots requested CoCa I submit a certificate of insurance. MOTION: Council member Clabots moved to award the 2007 contract for landscape maintenance services to CoCa I in the amount of $131,610, seconded by Council member Muckle. HolI call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 6-0. Absent: Mayor Pro Tem Brown. APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH STRATEGIC FINANCIAL AND OPE:RA TIONS ASSESSMENT Mayor Sisk stated the City is iin a situation where there is not a permanent City Manager. He noted it can be difficult for a City Manager to make value judgments on staffing decisions. He explained this is an opportunity for private industry to analyze the City's structure and make assessments on staffing, programs and services. This may entail combining departments and restructuring the City staff. He explained that after discussions with Staff and other municipalities, it was de!termined this would be an opportunity to look at the City's structure, streamline City government and make it more of a business model. Interim City Manager Balser stated the review of revenues and staffing would be a valuable tool for the Council for the 2008 budget process. She noted it is not just about staffing issues, but it also how the City can be more efficient. Human Resource Manager H1ix agreed it is not merely a review of the City's staffing, but also of various programming and services offered by the City. She noted this will assist the Council in making budget decisions. COUNCIL COMMENT Council member Sackett felt an analysis of the current of staffing is important, but he questioned the timing of the assessment. He recommended waiting until a new City Manager is hired. Council member Marsella stated a third party could make a more efficient analysis. She felt it would be difficult for a new City Manager to downsize the City staff. She noted a third party could look at the staffing with fresh eyes. Council member Yarnell was uncertain as to whether this analysis should be done before or after a new Ciity Manager is hired.