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<br />City of Centerville <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />April 9, 2003 <br /> <br />Motion by Council Member Broussard Vickers. seconded by Council Member <br /> <br />Capra to approve the site plan for J & L Construction pendin2: final approval of the <br /> <br />City En2:ineer and Rice Creek Watershed District. All in favor. Motion carried <br /> <br />unanimously. <br /> <br />2. Approval of the 2002 Audit <br /> <br />Motion by Council Member Lee. seconded by Council Member Paar to approve <br />Resolution #03-018 as presented. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />3. Cell Phone Replacement Proposal <br /> <br />Mr. Palzer gave a brief overview of the cell phone replacement proposal indicating that <br />the goal is to upgrade the system and eliminate the pagers as there have been issues with <br />receiving pages. He then indicated that Staff recommends the AT&T system at an <br />additional cost of$l92. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers asked how long the contract would be. Mr. Palzer <br />indicated it would be a one-year contract. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney indicated he uses Nextel for his business and he has not run into any <br />issues where it does not work and commented that Nextel provides a plan with unlimited <br />walkie talkie minutes. <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated that a plan including unlimited walkie talkie minutes was <br />discussed but the price went up considerably and the coverage was more limited. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers asked whether the 300 minutes would be sufficient <br />as cell phone plans become very expensive when you go over your allotted minutes. Mr. <br />Palzer indicated that there are a lot of short conversations and he feels the 300 minutes <br />will be adequate. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney indicated he was aware of a Nextel plan with unlimited direct connect, <br />the phones were cheaper and it was around $40. <br /> <br />Council Member Lee indicated he would like to go with Mr. Palzer's recommendation as <br />he has done the investigation and he is the one that uses the system. <br /> <br />Motion by Council Member Broussard Vickers. seconded by Council Member <br />Capra to approve a chan2:eover of City communications from pa2:ers to four cell <br />phones with an additional annual cost of not more than $300. the exact plan to be <br />determined by Staff. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Page 4 of 17 <br />