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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES FEBRUARY 21, 1991 PAGE 7 Along the line of cost reduction, Councilman Johnson suggested the City should continue to encourage volunteer activity in the City. The residents have a great history of volunteer work for the City. Johnson referred to a proposal he made at an earlier meeting to establish a Maintenance Advisory Committee with the function of looking for cost reduction within the maintenance dept. and to advise the Council of major purchases. At the next meeting, Councilman Johnson will bring a recommendation on the function of the Maintenance Advisory Committee. The CIP committee will look into options for a Fire Dept. such as looking at a county -wide fire dept. E. "Coffee Break" - Mayor Johnson The Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce and Lake Elmo City Council will hold a "Coffee Break" on Tuesday, February 26th, 8:00-9:00 a.m. at City Hall. 9. CITY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT: A. Furnace for Maintenance Bldg. (Cont.) The Maintenance Dept. received three bids for a 90% efficient gas furnace. The bids received. are: Apollo Heating - $2895.00 Hoffman Heating - $3050.00 Schwantes Heating - $2807.00 M/S/P Williams/Dave Johnson - to award. the bid to the low bidder, Schwantes Heating in the amount of $2807.00 to be taken out of the 1991 Equipment, Parts & Repairs Budget as recommended by the Finance Director, for a 90% efficient gas furnance for the Maintenance Building. (Motion carried 3-0-1 Abstain: Mottaz). B. Word Processor for Maintenance Dept. The Maintenance Dept. has requested permission to purchase a Brother WP-75 (approx. $500) word processor. The Maintenance Dept. feels they could keep better records of its inventory, the 201 maintenance, water records, equipment repair and maintenance. M/No Second Mottaz/No Second - to authorize the Maintenance Dept. to purchase the Brother WP-75 word processor up to the amount of $500. Councilman Williams asked that this request be remanded to the CIP Committee to investigate if a word processor over the long term would be the right purchase or would a personal computer be a better investment. M/S/P Dick Johnson/Williams - to remand this request for study to the CIP Committee as they are in the process of considering computer purchase for City office.