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CITY COUNCIL MEETING, NOVEMBER 3, 1981 -10- SnowfPlowing Contract - --Whittaker ac'cept the Meyer bid and have the Maintenance Super call when he feels the City crew cannot handle the plowing. M/S/P Morgan/Eder to accept the Administrator's recommendation, accepting the Snow Plowing bid from Bernie Meyer. Mr. Meyer's service will be enlisted at the discretion of the Maintenance Superintendent. C. Office Plans - Whittaker reviewed the draft lease,with the changes suggested by Jim Lammers, who reviewed the lease, and answered the concerns raised by individual Councillors. Kelly-Brookman and Jack Zignego were present to answer questions on the lease. --Novak - disputes the figures in the balance of the fund if the amounts appropriated for paving of the Fire Hall parking lot and improvements to the Fire Hall are deleted. Should remove these costs from the reserve amount and levy them separately. Will the Council Chambers in the rental area be available for use by Community groups - lease indicates the building can only be used for City puposes. What is the intent of renting - do we intend to build in 5 years? If so, better approach is to build now rather than waiting 5 years. "Would like this to be considered. Many unknownsto be considered in 5 years. Ask that we keep the present office building for options - feels will come out equal or better monetarily if rent and invest the money. Mistake to sell present building. ---Morgan - feels figures are slanted. Building costs at the end of 5 years will be much higher. Feels we should have our own building. Would change position on purchasing land if this would prevent getting into a lease program, even if purchased the land in Brookfield, --Eder - did not see more than minor modifications to control. traffic patterns to preserve the ingress and egress of the Fire Department. Envisioned returning the present Council chambers back solely to the Fire Department. --Whittaker - Could show increase in revenue by leasing the present building. Morgan- tenatively planned parking lot improvements regardless of plans for the present office building. --Mottaz - not sure of the necessity to improve the Fire Hall parking lot if it will only be used by the Fire Department. No urgency to pave if only used by the Fire Department. Before improving this area should do a study of the whole downtown area to determine parking needs, --Morgan - agrees,do not have a parking problem. Lot needs to be layed out differently. Not a problem for City employees or when there are meetings --Fraser - no desire to improve the parking lot if do not have the City Office in this location. Outlined the course of events to date. Has no problem with renting - need to recognize that renting for the City is different from an econmical, tax, depreciation point of view than for a business or a family. Supports renting. --Morgan - has changed position on purchasing land in Brookfield. --Eder - reviewed % rates vs inflation rates. --Morgan - most -insidious aspect of inflation is the cost of replacing capital. At the end of 5 years, if you want your own building, have a problem -far greater than it is today.