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. . . ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL - APRIL 26, 1999 2 and the April 19, 1999, Council Worksession, as corrected. The motion carried unanimously (5-0), CONSENT CALENDAR A. Claims and Payroll B. Change to Summer Hours C. 1999 Business License Renewal MOTION: Councilmember Larson moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to approve the Consent Calendar and authorize execution of all necessary documents contained therein. The motion carried unanimously (5-0), PUBLIC COMMENTS Mayor Probst invited those present to come forward and address the Council on any items not already on the agenda. There were no public comments. UNFINISHED AND NEW BUSINESS A. City Hall, AudioNisual Budget Discussion Mr. Fritsinger explained that, on March 15, 1999, the City Council discussed various costs associated with the new City Hall facility. At this meeting, the City Council directed the City Administrator and Architect to meet with the AudioNisual Consultant, Electronic Interiors, Inc., to discuss the reduction of program costs in the area of audio/visual. The estimated budget amount was derived from a series of meetings over the last few months between staff and Electronic Interiors. Additionally, some Councilmembers toured other City Hall facilities in ordcr to provide the design consultant with suggestions for the Council chambers, The original design concept had been estimated at over $200,000. Some items that were felt to be inappropriate for the Council chambers had been removed and the result was the estimated budget of $175,000. The Council had expressed a strong interest in reducing this budget even further. On April 13, 1999, a meeting was held where this message was communicated to Electronic Interiors, At the meeting, several methods for reducing the estimated project cost to approximately $120,000 were discussed. Electronic Interiors was directed to prepare a detailed summary of the areas where savings could be made, and then to prepare an outline that discusses the impact to the audio/visual program, if such changes were implemented, Mr. Fritsinger stated that a bench handout had been provided to the Councilmembers, depicting an earlier design of the Council chambers, in order to visualize the proposed changes.