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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 10, 2013 Page 23 needed clerical assistance to the Human Resources function; as well as working with Department Heads to make sure services are provided that they need, and to allow other department administrative staff to work up options. Mr. Trudgeon suggested that no firm conclusion be drawn tonight;but sought City Council input to make sure staff was moving in the right step. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Trudgeon advised that it was his understanding that C-TV could provide employees for video production, with pre- liminary discussions having taken place; however, he was not sure of the savings potential or cost implications if the City contracted exclusively with C-TV for those services. Mayor Roe advised that former City Manager Malinen had held preliminary dis- cussions with C-TV in his role on the Franchise Renewal Committee; noting that current City staff supervises those employees, and could provide some savings if that function was reallocated to free that employee for other duties. Councilmember Willmus expressed his interest in understanding those aspects more fully. Councilmember Laliberte concurred, adding that it should be determined if those previous conversations were still current. Mayor Roe advised that C-TV was currently providing similar services to the Vil- lage of Saint Anthony, and they could be used as a model. Councilmember McGehee thanked Mr. Trudgeon for bringing this forward as re- quested and as part of his role as Interim City Manager. Councilmember McGe- hee expressed her main interest in bringing together the website review for the en- tire City with that function part of the communications face of Roseville, freeing those within various departments now performing that function. Councilmember McGehee also expressed her interest in seeing a change in the City's newsletter to make it more informative with issues current in the City rather than a piece of pa- per patting the City on the back for a job well-done. Councilmember McGehee noted that this was the avenue for some residents, without internet access or not fluent with it, to be aware of current events, since the Roseville Review did not get delivered to apartment complexes. Councilmember McGehee suggested more in- formation and education versus propaganda. Mayor Roe noted that an aspect of the newsletter format was based on timing, since it was only issued a handful of times per year; and to address issues was dif- ficult based on that timing. Mayor Roe suggested that a strategic analysis of communication opportunities may be more prudent, and if issues were included in the newsletter, it would need to be published more frequently at a possibly greater