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City Council meeting of November 19, 2001 Page 3 CABLING AND TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR NEW CITY HALL For the past several months, staff has met with vendors to develop and design the new cabling and telephone system for the new City Hall. City staff received six bids for the telephone and cabling work for the new City Hall, and recommended that Computer Integrated Technologies (CIT) be awarded the bid for the telephone system and cable work at a combined low bid of $25,649.46. Granger made motion, Petryk seconded, to award the cabling and telephone system for the new City Hall to CIT at a cost of $25,649.46. All aye. Motion Carried. FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND EQUIPMENT FOR NEW CITY HALL At its November 5, 2001 meeting, the Council considered the low bid of $110,824.24 that had been submitted by Casper Systems for the furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the new City Hall. City Attorney Dave Snyder recommended Council give Casper Systems 11 more days, until November 16, 2001, to provide the City Hall Building Committee with specific products list and samples. On November 9, 2001, the Committee reviewed with Casper representatives, chair samples and catalog samples of all FF&E. Mike Granger, member of the Committee, stated that they were not satisfied that the product list is that which was specified. Miron made motion, Haas seconded, directing staff to rebid the furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the new City Hall, with more specific description, including manufacturers of all FF&E. All aye. Motion Carried. JD2 JOINT PROPOSAL FOR FUNDING Rice Creek Watershed District engineer Emmons and Olivier Resources held a meeting on November 1, 2001, and invited the City of Forest Lake, City of Hugo, and Washington County officials to discuss the proposed culvert replacement work for JD2. Greg Felt from the Washington County Engineering Department suggested that the projects be done as one project and packaged in a funding request to the State of Minnesota. This funding proposal was discussed by the JD2 Blue Ribbon Task Force at its November 13, 2001 meeting, and it unanimously recommended that all respective agencies endorse the funding proposal and Joint Powers Agreement to complete the work. City staff will share additional information at the Council meeting. Miron made motion, Granger seconded, that the Council endorse the project's funding proposal and authorized staff to enter into an agreement to solicit funds from the State of Minnesota to finance the culvert replacement work. A resolution outlining this direction will be drafted for Council review. All aye. Motion Carried. 2002 BUDGET UPDATE AND SALARY MATRIX REVIEW Paul Ness from Helping Minnesota Cities, Inc., was present to discuss with Council the proposed