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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes February 8, 2000 • Page 10 1 In that respect, Mr. Pauly directed the Council's attention to Section IV. of the Report entitled 2 "Best Practices." Mr. Pauly stated that the public works practices, programs, and involvement in 3 maintaining the City's infrastructure is consistent with what one might find in similar 4 communities in the area. 5 In fact, some of the responses, practices, and duties exceed those services of public works 6 operations found in similar sized communities. For example, the practice of routine curbside 7 brush pick up, the time frame of snow removal, the frequency of citywide street sweeping, and 8 the trained involvement of the Public Works Staff as volunteer fire fighters all exceed typical . 9 standards. Mr. Pauly commended the public works department on the excellent work and opera- 10 tion. 11 In addition, Mr. Pauly found zero areas where the public works department was deficient, except 12 for the ability to retain good public works records and this is caused simply by a lack of electrical 13 components and space. Otherwise, he felt the public works department was being well managed, 14 particularly under the circumstances. 15 In conclusion, Mr. Pauly stated that the Council has recognized the need to upgrade the mainte- nance facility so that deficiencies can be corrected, equipment properly housed and maintained, and to provide an environment to retain an effective, motivated public works staff. With that 18 change and access to current technology, those administrative practices, which are vital to good 19 asset management practices, can be achieved by placing St. Anthony in accordance with other 20 progressive public works agencies. 21 Cavanaugh expressed disappointment that he felt that Mr. Pauly's findings did not adequately 22 relate to the facility. In other words, he asked Mr. Pauly what his sense of housekeeping was for 23 the building 24 Mr. Pauly responded that there is a significant shortage of space in the building and good house- 25 keeping is a difficult task, particularly when there is a variety of functions taking place in the 26 building at the same time. 27 Cavanaugh thanked Mr. Pauly for his presentation and introduced Capt. John Ohl, in attendance 28 as a representative for the Police Department. Mr. Ohl wished to discuss the possibility of incor- 29 porating a firing range into the plans for the new public works building. 30 Mr. Ohl provided a background of the concept by directing the Council's attention to his memo 31 dated January 25, 2000 to Chief Engstrom. In this memo, Mr. Ohl stated that the Police Depart- 32 ment can no longer utilize the Robbinsdale Firing Range and thus has lost the ability to train in �3 certain POST mandated areas.