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. . . ARDEN HILLS REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 23, 2004 11 MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Larson seconded a motion to amend the previous motion to seventy percent (70%). The amended motion failed (2-3) (Councilmember Grant and Larson _ Aye. Mayor Aplikowski and Councilmembers Rem and Holden - Nay). Councilmember Holden asked if St. Mary's was in agreement with the 60 percent increase. Mr. Belgea stated they would agree to the 60 percent increase. The original motion carried (4-1) (Mayor Aplikowski and Councilmembers Holden, Grant, and Rem - Aye. Councilmember Larson -Nay). 7. OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE A. Authorize Bids for Street Sil!n Replacement Mr. Moore stated at a recent Council Work Session, the City Council was presented with some options relating to street signs. He noted funds had been included in the 2004 budget for replacement of all City street signs. He stated the most recent total project cost estimates have indicated that the total cost for purchase of materials, removal of exiting posts and signs, and installation of new ones, could range from $55,000 to $70,000. This would necessitate a formal bidding process. Therefore, staff was requesting authorization to prepare specifications and advertise for bids. Councilmember Rem asked if they were still going to do block numbers on the signs. Ms. Wolfe stated if there were a couple of key locations the City wanted them put, that could be done, but it would not be done on a City wide basis. Councilmember Holden asked what the rush was on this. She asked if the bid would go up if they didn't make a decision on this tonight. She stated she still had a lot of unanswered questions that she wanted infoffilation on. Ms. Wolfe stated it was her understanding at the Work Session that the Councilmembers wanted to go out and look at various signs. She stated they were not concerned about prices going up and a decision did not have to be made tonight. She stated she had misunderstood what Council wanted after their Work Session. She noted Council could take their time on this. Councilmember Grant stated he also did not see any pressing need to do anything on this at this time. Mayor Aplikowski stated she did not believe they needed to put a lot of effort into this and she believed they needed to trust staffs judgment. She noted staff would bring back three bids and asked what other information the Council needed in order to make a decision.