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Mounds View City Council May 8, 1999 Regular Meeting Page 25 MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Thomason. To Approve Staff s Recommendation to Proceed with the Advertising and Hiring of a Full Time Custodial /Maintenance Position, and to Authorize Staff to Hire a Contract Custodial Service for the Weekends. Council Member Stigney stated he would favor contracting apart-time, on call position, on an "as needed" basis, as opposed to hiring afull-time position. Ayes - 4 Nays - 1 (Stigney) Motion carried. Mayor Coughlin requested clarification regarding the weekend services for the Police Department and City Hall in general. Interim Administrator Ulrich stated the City currently employs apart-time custodial position that would now be responsible for City Hall and the Police Department. He noted that position would be advertised and open to the public, however, this was a separate matter. Mayor Coughlin inquired in light of the attempts to make these positions more official, if there would be any merit in granting staff the latitude to explore the possibility of examining where they are at with the other custodial services. Interim Administrator Ulrich stated staff could do this. He pointed out that approximately a month ago, during the preparation for this item, staff had walked through both the Community Center and City Hall with a contract service, and requested they provide a bid for budgetary informational purposes. He indicated that service had also bid the contract, prior to the hiring of the part-time custodial position for City Hall and the Police Department. Mayor Coughlin stated at a Work Session approximately a year ago, the Council directed staff to obtain estimates from a variety of different custodial services, and that has fallen by the wayside. He requested the consent of the Council to direct staff to examine this matter, to determine if the needs of City Hall and the Police Department are met, in terms of maintaining the building as best as possible. MOTION/SECOND: Quick/Marty. To Direct Staff to Obtain Estimates from a Variety of Custodial Services, and Evaluate the Current Situation, to Determine if the Maintenance Requirements of City Hall and the Police Department are being Met. Council Member Stigney inquired if the direction was to look for contracted services. Mayor Coughlin stated it was to evaluate the situation, and bring the appropriate recommendations forward to the Council. He indicated that at that point, it would be up to the Council to approve or deny the presented options. Council Member Stigney stated he had no problem with regard to examining the matter, however, he did have a problem with regard to hiring additional City employees. •