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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORKSESSION - APRIL 21. 1997 2 . City Administrator Fritsinger reviewed various immediate issues affecting City Hall operations at present, specifically the response time for fire code-related inspections. It was the consensus of the Council for staff to survey surrounding communities for the status of their fire inspections, and investigate hiring of an independent contractor to serve area cities for plan review, independent of the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire Department. Mayor Probst appointed Councilmember Malone to serve as the Council Liaison to the Fire Services Task Force, and schedule the first meeting until the Task Force is more formalized. Mayor Probst requested another Councilmember to volunteer to serve on the task force, and directed City Administrator Fritsinger to appoint 1 - 3 City staff members to serve and provide inter-city contact with the City's of Shoreview and North Oaks. Mayor Probst also directed Council Liaisons to the Finance Committee and Public Safety Commission to approach their respective committee and/or commission members for a volunteer to serve on the task force. b. Marketing Brochure Mr. Ringwald reviewed suggestions and comments of Suzanne Foust, Kindred . Consulting & Creative Services, who had recently reviewed the marketing brochure prepared and drafted by the City's Economic Development/Business Development Committee over the last few years. Councilmember Aplikowski expressed her personal concerns regarding the City not using the mock-up brochure prepared by the Committee, and requested that a letter be sent to Committee members advising them of the Council's intent to seek professional design services for the marketing brochure. Mr. Ringwald reiterated that the major portion of the committee-prepared materials were being used in the revised brochure, with only graphics details having changed. Councilmember Aplikowski stated it was her understanding, from previous Council action, that only proofreading and subtle revisions would be made to the Committee's draft of the marketing brochure. Councilmember Hicks questioned whether or not the focus had really changed, or was staff completing and formalizing what the committee had done. Councilmember Aplikowski stated that the Committee needed closure on this project, and requested a representative of the Committee, Jeanne Winiecki, who was present in the . Worksession audience, for her opinion. Ms. Winiecki expressed her opinion that the Committee as a whole was more concerned with the availability of a final product, rather than being concerned with the process.