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None. 7. COUNCIL BUSINESS 7.01: Consider Award of Contract for City Improvement Project 10 -25; the Bituminous Paving of Chameleon Street City Engineer Himmer reviewed the staff report. Motion by Councilmember Backous, seconded by Councilmember Elvig, to award a contract for City Improvements Project #10 -25; the Bituminous Paving of Chameleon Street, to Oman Brothers Paving in the amount of $336,000 Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Ramsey, Councilmembers Backous, Elvig, McGlone, Tossey, and Wise. Voting No: None. 7.02: Consider Establishment of a Consultant Pool for Overflow Engineering Services City Engineer Himmer reviewed the staff report. He emphasized he is seeking to create an overall pool of consultants rather than employing consultants in each specific area of expertise. Mayor Ramsey questioned who the decision maker will be to determine which firm is offered the type of work needed at the time. City Engineer Himmer explained there is approximately $31,000 in the budget for consulting. As projects arise where assistance is needed, staff will send emails to all firms and request a quote. If is more than the budget allows, staff will bring the request to Council. Councilmember Backous requested there be a review process implemented through Public Works to evaluate the consultant pool. Public Works Director Olson agreed to the review process. Motion by Councilmember Elvig seconded by Mayor Ramsey, to authorize staff to create a consultant pool for overflow engineering services, and bring items to the Council for approval as needed, and create a review process in one year Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Ramsey, Councilmembers Elvig, Backous, McGlone, Tossey, and Wise. Voting No: None. 7.03: Flaherty & Collins Financing — Third Amendment Community Development Director Lazan noted the HRA and the Council are parties to this Agreement. There are two key dates: July 15 is the last day Flaherty can opt out. August 15 is the date of closing. The request is to move each date out 30 days. He stated this case is expected to be before the HRA before the end of the month for a fourth amendment. City Council / July 12, 2011 Page 4 of 8