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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MIKLTES \,1ARCH 25, 2002 10 Mr. Post stated the Task Force was concenled about the environmental issucs on the site, and that might be why they were looking at other options. Councilmember Aplikowski stated it was her understanding that thc Task Force would come up with a dcsign of the building. She indicated she was worried that the City would not be ahle to keep up with thc County's fast planning proccss. Councilmcmber Grant stated he would info!111 the Task Force of Council's decision. MOTTO1'\: Councilmember Grant moved atld Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to authori/.e the contract for architectural planning services in an amount not to cxcecd $4,000.00 in linc with rccommendation one of the staff memorandum dated March 22, 2000, and to negotiate with Ramsey County and TKDA on services for economies of scale with a joint facility. The motion canied unanimously (5-0). G. Staff Reorganization Councilmember Aplikowski stated a year ago they had authorized the City to move forward with a staff reorganization plan. She indicated after much discussion and reevaluation, shc was not comfortable with the plan. She stated one part of the motion was to hire additional support staff, which had been done, and was a good thing to do. However, the remaindcr of the motion was for job descriptions to be prepared, which had also been done, but once she read the job descriptions, she was conccnlcd the new structure was top heavy. She stated it did not provide a team- building work atmosphere. She indicated she was not comf0l1able with this. .\10TION: Councilmember Aplikowski moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to reconsider the vote previously takcn to restructure staff. Motion caITied 3-2 (Probst and Larson). Councilmember Rem stated she agreed with Councilmember Aplikowski and after reading the job descriptions, she would still vote no both lor budget and personnel reasons. She indicated she did not believe this was wherc thc City should be going with the staff. She stated she would not be able to accept those items. Councilmcmber Larson statcd this was another example of how that the Council could not make decisions and stick with them. He indicated he did not see how thesc descriptions were inadequate. He asked for reasons as to why they should not go forward to fill the Director of Administrativc Scrvices and Director of Operations and Maintenance positions. Councilmcmbcr Aplikowski stated the motion might have been not to accept the job descriptions. She stated it appeared to hcr that it moved the City Administrator farther away from the employees. She indicated for a City this si7.e, this added too much top-heavy hierarchy.