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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 03,2013 Page 34 Mayor Roe concurred that the recycling function was always planned for shifting, just the details of how best to accomplish it. Mayor Roe suggested that if staff provided the conceptual portion at the next meeting, and the recycling component, he wasn't sure if the City Council needed to move too quickly on the ordinance portion for Public Works staffing to handle, as it remained part of the puzzle that was coming into play. Councilmember Laliberte concurred, suggesting that current funding sources could move to the Public Works Department, but duties, responsibilities and other issues could then grow into a 1.0 FTE position. Councilmember Willmus opined that there was a time element critical to the City, with bids for recycling proposals needing a clear chain of command in place as those came in. Councilmember Willmus further opined that this wasn't that com- plex and questioned if the recycling component needed to be lumped together with other reorganizational efforts. Mayor Roe suggested there could be a short delay in the recycling RFP process if necessary. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the RFP was scheduled to return to the City Council at their June 17, 2013 meeting for approval. Mr. Trudgeon summarized the City Council's direction to staff: with identifica- tion by the City Council of recycling options and valued with the needs of the City, staff was being asked to look at how best to structure the Administration Department to meet the goals of the City Council and put it in a better position to move forward on initiatives. Mr. Trudgeon advised that the City Council had al- ready provided good input from the work done to-date, with staff asked to identify what we're trying to accomplish and how best to position the department to achieve common goals and how those details will emerge. Mayor Roe concurred, noting that the genesis of the discussion occurred over two years ago with a goal of increasing the communication efforts of the City. Mayor Roe clarified that this was not saying the current methods were bad, but simply wanting to take them to another level which was not being accomplished at this time, but served as an impetus and guiding principle for this process. Councilmember Laliberte suggested another guiding principle should be to have departments less "siloed" and provide the ability for departments to serve central- ly and more effectively and efficiently, and not require communication expertise at every step in the organization. Councilmember Laliberte asked that Mr. Trudg- eon take a look at that and provide a recommendation to provide a "go to" person that everyone could rely on. Councilmember McGehee concurred, suggesting something similar to a central purchasing function. r