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Mayor Gamec directed staff to comprise a chart depicting the differences between the City <br />Administrator and City Manager forms of government. <br /> <br />~l'he consensus of the Council was to discuss the City Manager and City Administrator forms of <br />government further at a future work session. <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Nelson requested direction regarding the hiring process in the <br />interim period prior to further discussion regarding the form of government. <br /> <br />~l'h¢ consensus of the Council was to direct staff to continue with the current hiring procedures <br />until any changes are made in the form of government. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman indicated staff will look at internally tweaking the hiring process to <br />expedite hiring as much as possible. <br /> <br />6) Municipal Center FF&E Package <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Nelson informed the Council that staff has conducted an inventory <br />o ~' thc existing non-systems furniture at City Hall and the Police Department. Intereum, which is <br />a Itcrman Miller Furniture Dealer, has conducted an inventory of the existing systems furniture. <br />'l'he existing seating, conference tables and filing cabinets were included in the non-systems <br />inventory and have been assigned to areas within the new building. Intereum has developed a <br />lhrniturc package to furnish the balance of the building. The proposed package and preliminary <br />budget assumes new systems furniture. The preliminary budget for the entire furniture package <br />is $579,168. The placeholder in the budget for the entire FF&E package is $700,000. <br /> <br />Assistant City Administrator Nelson advised there are several options to pare down the <br />preliminary budget. The most significant of which is whether to purchase new systems furniture <br />or to re-furbish the existing systems furniture. Re-furbishing the entire stock of existing systems <br />furniture brings with it some significant challenges in terms of needing to remove the existing <br />£urniturc and allow time for painting or re-fabricing. Staff has discussed options to have existing <br />file cabinets that are within work stations re-painted, allowing for staff to continue to work in the <br />existing work space up until move-in day and for the re-use of a large number of files. There are <br />opportunities to sell the existing systems furniture; Intereum has agreed to assist the City in that <br />re-sale il' the City should choose to go that direction. She indicated staff is seeking direction <br />t?om Council regarding whether staff should proceed with planning to refurbish all existing <br />systems furniture or to purchase new systems furniture and refurbish all existing files. <br /> <br />Councilmember Cook commented it may be more cost effective to sell the existing systems <br />rather than refurbishing them. He requested staff to provide the figures for the Council to <br />review. <br /> <br />Conncilmembcr Jeffrey expressed concern with the cost and disruption to daily business with the <br />refurbishing of existing furniture, due to the displacement of employees while the work is being <br />completed. <br /> <br />Cotmcihnember Pearson concurred. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / September 6, 2005 <br /> Page 5 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />