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r~x .-~, ~~ ~ffl LJ l,~ }.~... ~ ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MARCH 25, 2002 10 Mr. Post stated the Task Force was concerned about the environmental issues on the site, and that might be why they were looking at other options. e Councilmember Aplikowski stated it was her understanding that the Task Force would come up with a design of the building. She indicated she was worried that the City would not be able to keep up with the County's fast planning process. Councilmember Grant stated he would inform the Task Force of Council's decision. MOTION: Councilmember Grant moved and Councilmember Aplikowski seconded a motion to approval of authorization of the contract for architectural planning services in an amount not to exceed $4,000.00 in line with recommendation one of the staff memorandum dated March 22, 2000, and to negotiate with Ramsey County and TKDA on services for economies of scale with a joint facility. The molion carried unanimously (5-0). G. Staff Reorganization Councilmember Aplikowski stated a year ago they had authorized the City to move forward with a staff reorganization plan. She indicated after much discussion and reevaluation, she was not comfortable with the plan. She stated one part of the motion was to hire additional support staff, which had been done, and was a good thing to do. However, the remainder of the motion was for . job descriptions to be prepared, which had also been done, but once she read the job descriptions, she was concerned the new structure was top heavy. She stated it did not provide a team- building work atmosphere. She indicated she was not comfortable with this. MOTION: Councilmember Aplikowski moved and Councilmember Grant seconded a motion to reconsider the vote previously taken to restructure staff. Motion carried 3-2 (Probst and Larson). Councilmember Rem stated she agreed with Councilmember Aplikowski and after reading the job descriptions, she would still vote no both for budget and personnel reasons. She indicated she did not believe this was where the City should be going with the staff. She stated she would not be able to accept those items. Councilmember Larson stated this was another example of how that the Council could not make decisions and stick with them. He indicated he did not see how these descriptions were inadequate. He asked for reasons as to why they should not go forward to fill the Director of Administrative Services and Director of Operations and Maintenance positions. Councilmember Aplikowski stated the motion might have been not to accept the job descriplions. She stated it appeared to her that it moved the City Administrator farther away from the employees. She indicated for a City this size, this added too much top-heavy hierarchy. .