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Louisville City Council Meeting August 15, 2000 Page 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA Jay Berger, 1016 Main Street, Louisville, CO, reported that 450,000 U.S. citizens die every year from smoking related illnesses and that it is a national health crisis. He noted that in Louisville, smoking is still allowed in public spaces, such as restaurants and other gathering places. He stated that in the last eleven years he has lived in Louisville, he has repeatedly complained at board meetings that the City still allows smoking in bars and restaurants in Louisville. He stated that Council Members have said they would look into the issue, however nothing has been done, other than to prohibit smoking in City facilities. He noted that the Town of Superior has put the smoking issue on the ballot and he suggested that Louisville could do the same. Berger asked Council to initiate public discussion on the smoking issue. Davidson stated that the Council intends to form a citizens' taskforce this year to address the smoking in public issue. Councilman Howard arrived at 7:04 p.m. COUNCIL INFORMATIONAL COMMENTS ON PERTINENT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. None. AWARD BID - TELEPHONE SYSTEM (continued from 8/1/00) Davidson called for Staff presentation. Finance Director Dianne Ray stated that at the August 1, 2000, Council Meeting the two valid proposals for the telephone system were presented. The base bids are: Shared Technologies Fairchild (NEC equipment) Lucent Technologies (Lucent equipment) $221,262 $332,690 At the meeting Council directed staff to contact those companies that chose not to bid and determine their reasons for not bidding. Eight companies were contacted and the consensus for not bidding was that the RFP process was too detailed and required too much in resources to complete. Ray recommended that Council authorize the Staff to renegotiate the bids. 2