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<br />City of Centervi!le <br />Council Meeting Minutes <br />December 23, 2003 <br /> <br />6, Mr. Hoeft stated the City should not do this unless they intended to 10?~. t changing <br />ni\^' co~V<<Cfors. He noted the bids were very expensive to prepare for the l!b .ors and <br />Y J there was the risk that all the bids would come in higher than the existing c ctor was <br />doing it for. He also noted as long as the City was satisfied with the work currently being <br />done, it was not necessary to open it up for bids. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra noted it was Council's duty to be fiscally responsible with the <br />taxpayer's money and she did not want to issue a "blank check" for this type of service. <br />She indicated these were two very expensive project and she believed it was up to the <br />Council to try and save the residents some money by opening this up for bids. <br /> <br />Council Member Paar replied he agreed somewhat with Council Member Capra, but <br />believed it was too late to obtain bids because the existing coIUEaCfor had already done <br />the groundwork. He stated he did not believe they would get fair bids at this point in the <br />process. <br /> <br />Council Member Lee acknowledged this was a lot of money and he believed it would not <br />hurt to investigate what other firms would charge, but because this project had already <br />been started, he believed it would be a disservice at this point. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers stated she was satisfied with the current process and <br />believed if they went out for bids at this point it would ultimately delay the process. <br /> <br />Council Member Capra asked in the future if they could consider obtaining bids for large <br />projects. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney stated he was in favor of saving residents money, but he noted they had <br />an engineering flrm in place that knew the City and what the City expected and if they <br />had to bring in a new engineering flrm, he believed the projects would be delayed and the <br />City would be opening themselves up to some of the same issues and problems they had <br />in the past. <br /> <br />3. Review Building Inspector's Job Descriotion <br /> <br />Ms. Moore-Sykes presented the Building Inspector's job description and requested <br />Council input. <br /> <br />Mayor Sweeney stated basically the City would be built out within the next two to three ~/ e (((S <br />and asked if they would really need a Building Inspector, or would they be doing public / <br />works duties in the future. <br /> <br />Council Member Broussard Vickers noted the surrounding commumtles were still <br />growing and there was a possibility of contracting the Building Inspector out to these <br />communities. Ms. Moore-Stykes replied the City of Hugo was not interested in <br />contracting with Centerville for a building inspector, but was interested in contracting <br />their Building Inspector out to Centerville. <br /> <br />Page 6 of 11 <br />