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Mounds View City Council March 12, 2007 <br />Regular Meeting Page 12 <br /> <br /> 1 <br />Director Ericson said that maybe Staff could have done some of the prep work and will do so 2 <br />moving forward to realize any savings possible. 3 <br /> 4 <br />Mayor Marty said that this scanning needs to get done to ensure that there are good records 5 <br />available. 6 <br /> 7 <br />Council Member Flaherty agreed but said that this expenditure was not budgeted for to this 8 <br />extent. 9 <br /> 10 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Flaherty/Mueller. To Deny Resolution 7035, Authorizing Additional 11 <br />Expenditures to Cities Digital for Services Rendered. 12 <br /> 13 <br />Council Member Mueller said that the company hired to do this is professional and should have 14 <br />known what they were getting into and their estimate should have been within 5% of their 15 <br />estimate and to come back with this high of an overage is unacceptable. 16 <br /> 17 <br /> Ayes – 5 Nays – 0 Motion carried. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Director Ericson asked if Staff can resubmit an additional request for $1,000 for the scanning of 20 <br />Minutes and Resolutions for 2007. He then asked whether the overage should be moved to 2008. 21 <br /> 22 <br />Council Member Mueller wants to have the company bring back an invoice more in line with the 23 <br />estimate. 24 <br /> 25 <br /> F. Resolution 7041, Approving Purchase of a Replacement White Marked 26 <br /> Squad Car 27 <br /> 28 <br />Mayor Marty indicated that he would like to approve the black and white squad cars and would 29 <br />amend the Resolution from replacement white squad car to black and white as requested by the 30 <br />Police Department. 31 <br /> 32 <br />MOTION/SECOND: Marty/Flaherty. To Approve Resolution 7041, Approving Purchase of a 33 <br />Replacement White Marked Squad Car as amended to a Black and White Squad Car. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Council Member Mueller said that she took an unofficial poll and spoke with three officers and 36 <br />she wanted to know if they felt it was important for safety purposes to have black and white cars. 37 <br />All three officers said they thought it would be nice and that it is trendy now but they have such 38 <br />nice lighting systems in the cars now so that visibility in a white car is not a safety issue. She 39 <br />further said that there are other uses for forfeiture funds that could better benefit the City. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Council Member Stigney said that this was discussed at the work session and a national 42 <br />ophthalmologist said this would be a step backward because they are not more visible. He then 43 <br />said that he has seen nothing to change his mind that this is necessary. 44 <br /> 45