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FEP 16 ' 93 81 ~ 23FM CITY C?F t~IVGk:f~ P.17 LRRWMO Special Meeting Minutes February 11, 1993 Page 9 Mr. Beduhn indicated he read the plan prepared far the LRRWMO by Mr. Skallman, stating as far as water qualityr this WMO is more forward thinking than some. Weaver queried if Barr Engineering were to continue as the LRRWMO's Consulting Engineering firm how would you propose we continue on costs and still comply with rules. Mr. Dickson responded that Mr. Beduhn, at $15-$20 per hour cheaper than Mr. Skallman, would be the LRRWMO's direct representative. However, the entire Barr Engineering staff is available to assist. If something required the signature of a Professional Engineer, Mr. Skallman would be available. Mr. Heduhn will be registered one year from now. Schrantz suggested a contract out in a more formal manner. common not to have a contract the board any time. Mr. Engineering tiles to see if under an actual contract. grovide a copy of such a information. be entered into spelling things Mr. Dickson stated it is fairly They serve at the pleasure of .Dickson agreed to check Barr his firm works with other WMOs If so, he indicated he would contract to the board for its Schrantz noted the limited LRRWMO budget and queried whether Barr Engineering would charge meetings at a lump sum or would it be billed on an hourly rate. Mr. Dickson indicated almost all Barr Engineering work is done by the hour. Jankowski noted the amount of delineation work generated with the Wetland Conservation Act. He suggested the possibility of spelling out in a contract whereby Barr Engineering could become the official LRRWMO wetland delineation firm. He queried whether Barr Engineering would take that into consideration when billing the board far meeting attendance or providing a flat fee for meeting attendance. Mr. Dickson offered to assist the LRRWMO in keeping its costs down by having Barr Engineering's wetland delineators train someone locally. He agreed wetland delineation is a time consuming and expensive process. Schrantz stated it is more economical to hire a delineator and charge that expense back to the developer. Upon discussion of meeting times, Mr. Dickson indicated his employees work on a flex time system. Therefore, day or night meeting attendance makes no difference to them. They charge by the hour any way. Their only concern is meeting the needs of the client. Weaver recalled fairly recent frustrations whereby the LRRWMO was unable to separate Barr Engineering's billing charges and