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. e . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MAY 3], 2005 4 Engineer and City notified in writing of such time limit. The motion carried unanimously (5-0). 6. NEW BUSINESS A. Rezoninl! of City Hall ProDertv Mr. Hellegers requested Council consider rezoning the westerly portion of the old City Hall/Public Works site from R-1: Single Family Residential to NB: Neighborhood Business. He stated the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the rezoning as proposed and staff was recommending approval of the rezoning. He noted he had received an email from David McClung, 4370 North Snelling Avenue North, in which Mr. McClung requested the Council deny the rezoning. He stated he had distributed this email to Council with a copy being placed in the City's file. Mayor Aplikowski stated it made sense to rezone this to the Neighborhood Business zoning and that the merits of this zone had been discussed, in the past, at great length. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Larson seconded a motion to approve rezoning the old City Hall/PW site from R-]: Single Family Residential to NB: Neighborhood Business. The motion carried (4-]) (Councilmember Holden opposed). B. ADDointment of New City Health/Insurance Broker Mr. Johnson stated in March, City staff began the search for a new health/insurance broker and mailed out eighteen requests for proposals (RFP's). Out of the eighteen RFP's that were mailed out, ten health insurance brokers expressed interest in the contract. In order to narrow down the field of potential candidates, the City Administrator, Finance Director, and Assistant to the City Administrator asked each of the ten potential brokers to give a verbal presentation on the services that their company provided. After meeting with the potential brokers, City staff contacted the different references that were submitted by each of the ten individual brokers. After reviewing and discussing the interview process, reference checks, and bid proposals, City staff believed that Financial Concepts, Inc. of Minnetonka was the company that would best serve the health and insurance needs of the City and its staff members. He recommended the Council approve Financial Concepts, Inc. as the City's health/insurance broker. Councilmember Grant requested if applicable, the Council discuss at a Work Session the impact of potential cost savings. MOTION: Counci]member Larson moved and Counci]member Holden seconded a motion to approve Financial Concepts, Inc. as the City's health/insurance broker effective June 1,2005. The motion carried unanimously (5-0).