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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - DECEMBER 18, 2023 4 Councilmember Holden said she's always been interested in the security of the water towers because it just takes one person — and they aren't redundant in 100% of the city so they really need some security. Councilmember Monson said the memo talks about needing an additional $200,000, was that on top of the meter needs? City Administrator Perrault believed the water meters were programmed into what they were seeing, so this would be on top of the water meters. Councilmember Holden said that the Public Works Director met with water meter people and found out there was going to be a significant increase in parts costs. She didn't know if that was projected on the chart. City Administrator Perrault thought it should have been programmed into the CIP, so the water meter costs should be incorporated into what they are seeing in their packet. City Administrator Perrault asked if they pursued the grant was there any reason they couldn't include a fence for the other water tower at the same time, understanding the design hasn't been done. Assistant Public Works Director Miller thought they would have to do an inspection of the site to see if it was reasonable. Mr. Nesler added that on the face it would be doable but they would need to look into it more. Councilmember Monson liked the idea of at least assessing the other fence. She asked for an explanation of why they wanted a card reader versus a manual gate. Assistant Public Works Director Miller replied it was because being able to plow through the primary gate was an important function when they were doing snow operations; to be able to badge in at the bottom of the hill and get momentum to go into the actual site to plow the snow. The other two are for badging in like they would anywhere, like at Public Works and they are more secondary because you're out of your vehicle already. Councilmember Monson asked if why couldn't manually lift the gate and then get back into the snow plow. Assistant Public Works Director Miller stated the card reader was at the right of way and the gate is at the top of the hill. Mr. Nesler added another reason was that cell phone operators have access to the code so by adding a badge reader they can program in that for example, AT&T has access from 8:00-5:00 on a particular day, so Public Works employees don't have to meet them there. Councilmember Rousseau asked if they add the second water tower will that impact the timing, or put us at risk of not being able to get that grant request in in January. Mr. Nesler felt they could make a pretty quick assessment to say if it would be a lot of work or not, and decide if they have time.