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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION DRAFT 7 Mayor Rafferty remarked that there are people being laid off across the country and in our 270 own backyard. He thinks the City should be in a holding pattern considering the hard 271 times right now. He is not recommending anything going forward. The information on 272 the website is directly coming from the directors and he doesn’t see that changing. 273 274 Councilmember Cavegn agrees that timing isn’t good right now. But he sees this as 275 something good for the future. He’d like to see what positions would be impacted. Also 276 he’d like to understand if this is a full time position. Mr. Karlson said the position need 277 has been fully reviewed and he is comfortable with the recommendation; he at least wants 278 to plant the seed before he moves on to retirement. 279 280 Councilmember Stoesz said he is well aware of the position and funding. He sees this as 281 bad timing as well. He thinks this can be handled internally for the current emergency; 282 redirecting some staff could help. 283 284 Councilmember Lyden said he is keeping an open mind about the request. He asked how 285 much revenue goes to the communication fund annually: Mr. Karlson said there was 286 about $64,000 in 2019 (coming from cable fees). Councilmember Lyden said he likes the 287 concept of utilizing those funds to improve communications. 288 289 Councilmember Ruhland remarked that the Public Safety Facebook page is awesome. 290 For this request, he sees moving forward with reassignment and getting by with what is in 291 place. 292 293 Councilmember Cavegn asked about the budget for the newsletter and possibility changing 294 that concept to something more modern. Mr. Karlson didn’t have an exact budget for the 295 newsletter but noted that the pages have been reduced and that will be the direction 296 moving forward. 297 298 The council concurred that the matter will not move forward. 299 300 7. Metro I-Net Update – Administrator Karlson recalled that the council has 301 previously discussed the possibility of joining a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) to run 302 Metro iNet rather than the current situation of management by the City of Roseville. He 303 explained that it has become difficult for Roseville to continue their management 304 arrangement. He noted the following options: 305 306 - Stay with Metro iNet (costs could rise by 5%); 307 - Look at hiring a full time IT position (one or two would be question); work 308 space is available at City facilities; would also have to purchase all computer 309 equipment; 310 - Become independent and outsource services. 311 312 He noted that if the City were to move away from the highly integrated current 313 relationship with Metro iNet, outside consulting would be required. 314