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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 6,2010 APPROVED 136 location, there seems to be some insurmountable hurdles and there is no way to do this 137 conditionally. It's a classic example of a blighted property with no clear solution to help 138 with improvement. 139 140 Centennial Fire Chief Jerry Streich addressed the council. He noted his concern about the 141 hazardous materials that would be involved in the proposed business and the clear need to 142 have appropriate fire suppression in that situation. He must look at the situation in terms 143 of a worst case scenario and, with schools in the immediate vicinity, he's strongly behind 144 the fire suppression equipment requirement in this case. 145 146 The council pointed out that good information has come out of the discussion. If another 147 site comes into the picture, they recommend that Mr. Freimuth get advice from the Fire 148 Chief. Further the council recommends that staff put together a different classification 149 for this type of recycling business (other than junk yard). 150 151 5. METRO INET Joint Powers Agreement—Finance Director Rolek explained that 152 the city is a member of Metro I-NET, a network of cities sharing services such as 153 computer networking, servers, email and phone systems. The network has grown and it's 154 become apparent that it would be appropriate to establish a joint powers board to manage 155 the network. Creation of the board, however, is really just a formalization of the current 156 users group management. Mr. Rolek recommends that the city proceed with entering into 157 a joint powers agreement to continue the good services currently being provided through 158 Metro I-NET. 159 160 When the council asked if this proposal comes forward to address a problem, Mr. Rolek 161 said not necessarily but the group sees that efficiencies will be greater with this change. 162 There will be no change in how charges are assessed. 163 164 The agreement before the council is considered a draft. It will be reviewed by the city's 165 legal staff and a final proposal will return to the council at a later date. A council member 166 requested that more information be provided on gained efficiencies. Staff was also asked 167 to consider a change in the "drop off'time; that could lay more of a burden on the other 168 members without much notice. 169 170 6. 2011 Budget Guideline Discussion—Finance Director Rolek noted that staff 171 preparations for the 2011 budget are underway and they would like the input of the 172 council regarding initiatives, goals, service level adjustments, property tax levies and 173 other topics pertinent to the upcoming budget process. He has included in his report a 174 tentative budget consideration calendar. 175 176 Council members commented that the budget should be driven by the organizational 177 review but that isn't done because the new city administrator isn't in place. A council 178 member noted that he isn't interested in seeing a continuation of the employee furloughs 179 as that isn't a practice that benefits the long term picture. 180 4