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MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE MEETING - --
March 5, 2001
PRESENT: Rich Wagner, City Council; Fred Poe, Chairperson; Trish Borden,
City Council; Sharon Conroy, Solid Waste; Bob Johnson, Fire; Jim Kelly, Police;
Mayor Booth; Paul Krauss, Planning; Christine Engler, Public Works; Jennifer
Gregg, Solid Waste; Laura Moser, Waste Mgmt/RST; Brenda Heineman,
Personnel; Diane Supler, Finance
Minutes of the meeting were tape recorded and are available for review for 1
year from the date of the meeting.
Call to Order
Chairperson Fred Poe called the meeting to order at 4:00 PM.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read.
Consent & Agenda:
Surplus Property from the Police Department: Moved, seconded, passed.
Award Contract 00-18: Moved, seconded and passed.
Resolution 3326: Moved, seconded and passed.
Information/Discussion
Draft Brokerage Lease For Parking Garage Retail Space
Several issues were raised including but not limited to liquor sales, power
metering, water usage, owner/employee parking, bad debt risk sharing, garbage
pickup and fees. It was suggested and agreed to separate the parking issues
from the leasing issues. Paul Krauss will edit his draft and return in two weeks to
request action on it.
Draft Solid Waste Contract and Issues
The Solid Waste Consultant was unable to attend. Sharon Conroy addressed
the issue of billing for Solid Waste consumption. She recommended the City
continue billing for this service as they could use techniques such as liens
against property and water shut off as incentives for payment. New customers
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benefit as most of these are new property owners in the City and can take care of
turning on all their utilities in one place. The city is implementing a new computer
accounting system that will be more flexible in billing customers. Mandatory
collection needs to be reviewed by the Legal Department. Committee agreed
that the city should continue to due the billing and the contractor to provide the
service. The committee clarified they were looking for a bid, not a Request for
Proposal.
Committee reviewed the revised options list from the Solid Waste Contract for
accuracy. There were some issues that needed clarification.
Committee members were reminded that there would be a workshop with the
Council on Tuesday, March 6, 2001, concerning Solid Waste.
Chief Kelly announced that the Police Department is editing the final versions of
a leash law and chain parking ordinance and will be presenting them to the
committee soon. He also invited the committee to tour the jail to review the
recent renovations. He encouraged committee members to attend a Downtown
Neighborhood Summit Meeting on Monday, March 12 at 7:30 PM, at City Hall.
Business owners, residents and downtown officers will be in attendance to
address any concerns or questions.
Adjournment
Chairperson Poe adjourned the meeting at 5:45 PM.
Next meeting will be Monday, March 19, 2001, at 5:00 PM, in Meeting Room 3.
Submitted by,
Martha Larsen
Administrative Services Secretary
Auburn Police Department
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