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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION <br />DRAFT <br /> 3 <br />Public Works Superintendent Justin Williams gave a summary of the written staff report noting 92 <br />the Civic Complex and modifications over the years have caused air handlers to be out of 93 <br />balance. He requested Council approval of the quote from NAC in the amount of $21,950.00 to 94 <br />balance the four air handlers at the Civic Complex. The funding source is the Building and 95 <br />Facilities Fund; Administrator Cotton provided background on the fund and noted the primary 96 <br />source of revenue is from cell towers on the City’s water towers; the City collects a lease 97 <br />payment, which goes into the fund to improve buildings over the years. 98 <br /> 99 <br />Superintendent Williams responded to a question from Councilmember Stoesz about quotes and 100 <br />clarified that NAC has the market on this work so no additional quotes were obtained. 101 <br /> 102 <br />Council approved the quote from NAC. 103 <br /> 104 <br /> 105 <br />6. 2023 Public Works Truck Purchase 106 <br />Public Works Superintendent Justin Williams reviewed his written staff report and noted that the 107 <br />adopted 2022 budget included $65,000 to purchase a Ford F-350 with dump box for the Parks 108 <br />Department maintenance position that was created; due to cost increases, the purchase of this 109 <br />truck was set aside. He stated the adopted 2023 budget included $87,000 to replace Unit #214 110 <br />and Public Works has proposed using a portion of the unspent 2022 allocated funds to offset the 111 <br />2023 purchase which is currently projected at $94,958. 112 <br /> 113 <br />Mayor Rafferty inquired of the forgone work truck for the parks position. Superintendent 114 <br />Williams stated with the significant, unanticipated cost issues, the City can forgo the truck 115 <br />purchase for the foreseeable future as it is the responsible thing to do. 116 <br /> 117 <br />Superintendent Williams responded to an inquiry from Councilmember Ruhland regarding using 118 <br />the aforementioned S10 from Public Safety. Superintendent Williams noted that he does not 119 <br />think that sized truck would be very useful in the fleet as they could not put a substantial plow on 120 <br />it. 121 <br /> 122 <br />Council and Administrator Cotton voiced appreciation for Superintendent Williams’ work in 123 <br />reviewing the fleet integrity and determining what is really needed for the fleet to meet public 124 <br />needs. Administrator Cotton stated Superintendent Williams is being very conservative in his 125 <br />fiscal approach in funding this equipment while getting creative to meet the City’s needs. 126 <br /> 127 <br />Council expressed support for the purchase of the 2023 fleet truck with funds from 2022 to cover 128 <br />any offset costs. 129 <br /> 130 <br />7. Public Works Building Design Process 131 <br />Community Development Director Michael Grochala reviewed his staff report noting the 132 <br />existing Public Works building was built in 1971 and over the past 10 years, the City has been 133 <br />evaluating the construction of a new building. The five-year financial plan, included the 134 <br />possibility of constructing the building in 2026 with $350,000 allocated from the Building and 135 <br />Facilities fund for design expenses in 2023. He requested City Council direction regarding the 136 <br />preferred process for selection of an architectural services for design. 137