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-130- <br /> <br />Mr. Bouten inquired if he would be able to address the CoUncil prior to the Council accepting the <br />proposal. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec replied yes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Cook recommended that Mr. Bouten Write down any complaints about 'the <br />proposal and present it to staff pr/or to the Council case. <br /> <br />City Attorney Goodrich inquired if the request for proposal permitted contact with Council <br />members independently or did it prohibit that. <br /> <br />Chief Way replied that the document states that all correspondence needs to go through h/m, <br />which he could then forward to the Council. <br /> <br /> %.. <br /> <br />City Attorney Goodricfn stated that a person submitting a proposal should not be .communicating <br />with the Council directly because that would be unfair, however, any comments about the request <br />for proposal can be included in the proposal to be presented to the Council. <br /> <br />Councilmember Pearson inquired if the City has changed their policy for bidding out towing <br />service. <br /> <br />Chief Way explained that the last time the City had a towing contract was in 1987. Recently, the <br />City has been operating without a contract, but have had two companies that have done the work, <br />and now the City has been approached by a third company. It has made the process too <br />complicated and they currently don't have any control over what people are being charged for <br />towing services. <br /> <br />Mr. Bouten replied that he has receipts from all of his competitors showing they are all very <br />close cost-wise. He inquired if the Council could table action. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec replied no. <br /> <br />Councilmember Strommen stated that Mr. Bouten should submit his proposal and then include <br />his comments about the request for proposal. <br /> <br />APPROVE AGENDA <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman requested that a resolUtion be added to the Consent Agenda calling <br />for the Minnesota Legislature to not enact limitations: on local governments the ability to respond <br />to the loss of state aid: <br /> <br />Motion by Mayor Gamec, seconded by Councilmember Cook, to adopt a resolution Calling for <br />the Minnesota Legislature to not enact limitations on local governments the ability to respondto <br />the loss of state aid. <br /> <br />City Council/March 11, 2003 <br /> Page 4 of 22 <br /> <br /> I <br /> I <br />.I <br />Ii <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br /> <br />