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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION July 5, 2017 DRAFT 5 Council Member Maher suggested that the council voted and approved a resolution that 178 authorizes what came forward. Mayor Reinert suggested then that, to be clear, the 179 council will have to have every element of their discussion included in what they vote on 180 in the future. 181 182 Council Member Kusterman noted that the council’s discussion included a request for an 183 itemization so they could look at what is really needed. 184 185 Director DeGardner remarked that he believes Mr. Hutson of CNH Architects thinks he 186 provided what he was asked to. Mr. DeGardner added that by keeping a shell and 187 attempting to retrofit the existing facility was probably not a level of improvement that 188 was considered. Mr. DeGardner said he can inform Mr. Hutson that the city doesn’t 189 want to pay the remainder of the bill based on this discussion. Mayor Reinert added that 190 the job wasn’t done as requested. He should finish the job with what he was paid or the 191 city can get someone else. 192 193 Council Member Maher said she hasn’t listened to the tape to confirm what was said. 194 195 Council Member Kusterman suggested that the mayor seems to want the council to listen 196 to the tape to confirm the direction. 197 198 Council Member Rafferty recalled that he wasn’t interested in spending a huge sum of 199 money at this point although he knows eventually facilities have to be upgraded. He does 200 see that Mr. Hutson tried to basically break things down in his report; perhaps Mr. Hutson 201 may have seen that it didn’t make sense in his mind to not move to a new facility. 202 Council Member Rafferty said he doesn’t see the need to withhold payment of the bill. 203 204 Mayor Reinert said he’d be willing to let go of the issue of payment of the bill but he 205 won’t be willing to work with that company again. He’d like to see three contractors 206 brought in to view the current facility and hear what they could do to update that facility. 207 208 Council Member Manthey suggested that the process of discussion now is a good thing; 209 he always anticipated that there would be more council discussion to decide on the best 210 option for this city. He feels the council has to be very clear on the information they 211 want to receive. He thinks part of the discussion are things like bringing in water and 212 sewer and thinking ahead to needs in the future. 213 214 Council Member Rafferty suggested that even a contractor has to understand what is 215 being asked and that type of information isn’t prepared. 216 217 Mayor Reinert asked, for the $12,000 that this company will be paid, will there be value 218 to the city in the future. Council Member Rafferty said he believes so. 219 220 The council concurred that the payment will be added to the next council agenda for their 221 consideration (as an item separate from the expenditure list). Staff was directed to look at 222