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ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — JULY 14, 2025 27 other items. The Building Department has managed the scheduling of repairs and maintenance. Ther isn't anyone coming in to do upkeep and maintenance. It has been scheduling for repairs, as they are needed. This was an attempt to get ahead of our future maintenance needs. Mayor Grant said we didn't get ahead of it, in some cases. He would rather see us keep up. It is cheaper to have things fixed vs. letting it deteriorate. Councilmember Rousseau said we received this bench handout at the start of the meeting, it is 60-pages with a lot of small to-dos. She asked what Staff is asking for by providing this. Councilmember Holden said there was no money put into 2026 for repairs to City Hall. Mayor Grant said Council should familiarize themselves with the document. He would like to know what the plan is going forward. Councilmember Holden repeated there is nothing budgeted in 2026 for these repairs. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen thought the items in the 5-year outlook may have been included within the CIP. City Administrator Jagoe asked if he was looking at the reserve study. She asked the Building Official to program 10-years worth of the items from the reserve study. There are no items that the reserve study is calling for in 2026. The project are included in the 10-year plan of the CIP. There are items to be addressed, starting in 2027. Councilmember Holden wondered if the 5-year outlook included just the major items, or everything in the study. Finance Director Yang said it was everything in the study. Councilmember Holden would like to look and see if there are things our staff can do. They can do caulking and the other little stuff. That's how she will be reviewing this document. Mayor Grant agreed. However he would like to see the corrosion issues resolved sooner rather than later. Councilmember Weber said there are chemicals that you can paint on that will eat up the rust to inhibit it and then you just paint over it. As long as there aren't any holes it's important to keep on top of that corrosion. Public Works Director/City Engineer Swearingen said he just received the document as well. He can review what is in there and he can add certain items into the work plan. Mayor Grant said there are tasks that Staff can take care of. We have corrosion in a number of spots. We should take care of that in the short term. He has an interest in this document from a longer term perspective, 2027 and beyond. He isn't sure if he agrees with all of the recommendations from the consultant. There are a lot of discretionary items in there. He doesn't think our elevator is used enough to be prematurely worn, as stated.