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Mounds View City Council May 9, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 5 • 7. JUST AND CORRECT CLAIMS. Council Member Stigney asked if the Just and Correct Claims Report could follow the Consent Agenda, as he has questions on an item that is on the Consent Agenda that should fall under the Just and Correct Claims. He referenced page two, a $24,500 payment for Abbey Carpet and asked if the motion would supercede or should they pull the item for a separate vote. Council agreed to pull the Abbey Carpet payment from the Consent Agenda for discussion and a separate vote. Council Member Stigney had the following questions: Page 4, clarification on Champlain Planning Press, Inc., subscription for $115.00. Finance Director Hansen explained that this is to pay for a subscription to a Planning Commission Journal. Page 5, Custom Refrigeration Inc., what was the $30.00 repair for. Mayor Marty explained that this pays for the maintenance repairs on the icemaker at the Community Center. Page 5, G.C.S. Services, Inc., what freezer was repaired? Finance Director Hansen explained that the freezer is an appliance for the golf course and is used to store bulk foods. Ms. Burg further explained that the freezer was running hot and needed maintenance. Page 6, Hewlett Packard, Computer replacement. Finance Director Hansen explained that this is part of the budget. He further explained that the City has asix-year rotation program in place and • the City purchases ten computers per year and this request covers three of the ten computers budgeted for replacement this year. All of the computers that are to be replaced are desktop systems. Council Member Flaherty had the following questions: Page 7, Mast's Corporation, computer repairs. Finance Director Hansen explained that this is the old record system that was used by the Police Department. He further explained that this system is being phased out and replaced with a system from St. Paul. He stated that they plan to run the systems parallel to each other until the transition is completed. He stated that the new system was implemented last year and they plan to phase out the old system this year. Mayor Marty had the following questions: Page 4, Cintas Corporation, Uniforms and Towel cleaning. He asked if there would be a better rate with Airmark. Ms. Burg stated that she would research and compare pricing. She explained that Cintas brought them the new contract and she had explained to them that they could not sign off on the contract without City Council approval. Mayor Marty asked how they would be able to pull the check if this is passed on the Consent Agenda. He stated that they have thirty days to consider the contract noting that this was invoiced on Apri121, 2005 and if they wait until the next Council meeting, which is May 23, 2005, the contract would exceed the State Statute. • City Administrator Ulrich confirmed that if approved it would conflict with the previous vote.