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FALCON HEIGHTS CITY COUNCIL MINUTES _6_ • May 25, 2005 Update on recodification costs related to electronic search and retrieval (continued) Administrator Worthington said that, in addition, the web-based code is consistent with the Council's goal of improving citizen to city online transactions. Staff strongly recommends that the City Council approve web hosting by Municipal Code for the following reasons: 1. Accuracy with updated or revised code sections will be better if one entity does all of the revisions-online and in the paper copy. Municipal Code is highly qualified to do this work. 2. Municipal's cost is extremely competitive with the projected staff costs of doing the work in-house-it is $517 less than having staff do the work. 3. With a small staff, it is advisable to look for cost-effective solutions that also maximize the efficiency of city operations. The Municipal provision fulfills that goal. A brief discussion followed. Kuettel moved that staff be authorized to enter into an agreement with Municipal Code that includes online hosting of the code, and quarterly updates of the code electronically. The motion was unanimously approved. • REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS: Council member Lindstrom said that Richard Rodich, the new appointee to the Planning Commission, attended the Planning Commission on May 24, and is hitting the ground running. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council members Kuettel and Talbot reminded everyone to make use of the City's parks. Mayor Gehrz said the City has a contract with Housing Resource Center to provide consultations to residents about a wide range of housing issues, i.e. scopes of work, repair projects, help with reviewing bids, etc. They offer a variety of services that are free. Use the Housing Resource Center. Call City Hall to get their phone number. She mentioned there was an excellent article and pictures about the CERT training program, in the May 24 edition of the Minneapolis paper. She thanked Administrator Worthington for giving up part of her Saturday on May 21 to host a tour of the SE Corner. The Mayor, City Council and staff from Champlin were quite impressed with the project. The City Council workshop on June 1 is the kickoff workshop for the 2006 budget cycle. The workshop, which begins at 6 PM, will focus on goal setting. There are four goal areas which create work plan direction for the staff. She invited residents to come and sit in. If residents have ideas they would like to share with the City Council, feel free to contact anyone on the Council to talk about those ideas.