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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 26, 2011 Page 31 cilmember Johnson suggested that more focus should be given that than some of the other categories. Councilmember McGehee referenced recommendation of the League of Minneso- ta Cities (LMC) when using this type of a process, fees should be weighted higher than other categories to avoid potential litigation; and suggested that the City council revisit the process currently being used. Johnson moved, Willmus seconded, authorization to the Fire Department to award the contract for Architectural Services for Phase I of the new Fire Station Project to CNH Architects in the amount of$50,800. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Chief O'Neill confirmed that the Con- struction Manager played a significant role in the interviews and that they had more expertise than staff. Mayor Roe opined that the interviews should bring about the same conclusion, not change it. While that may be evident, Councilmember Pust recommended that the record show, based on Mayor Roe's calculations that nothing should have been done dif- ferently. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 9:14 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 9:20 p.m. The outcome of Mayor Roe's mathematical comparison of using seven scores for interviews versus standardizing the interview score to be consistent with the other categories for which six scores were used confirmed that, while the first and second place finishers were 3.5% apart in scores using the original method, while they were 2.2% apart when the interview score was standardized. In both cases, the staff-recommended firm had the highest score. Mayor Roe clarified that the scope of services had a hard stop, similar to the con- struction management contract, for Phase I. Chief O'Neill advised that it would be built into the contract, with Phase II re- quired to return to the City Council for both construction and architectural servic- es,based on the Phase I scope of services. Mayor Roe asked Chief O'Neill if, based on the interviews, he could determine whether Five Bugles Design had an adequate understanding of the scope of Phase II, which might explain why their price was so much lower than the others. Chief O'Neill responded that he could not come to a conclusion about that based on the interview.