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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 17, 2013 Page 26 was vital that the City set the bar for those market prices, allowing vendors com- ing in to know what the true value is. Councilmember Willmus questioned why that could not be accomplished through the value added side. Mr. Schwartz advised that the vendor could potentially do so if there was less specificity, but probably could be highlighted more in the general specifications. Councilmember McGehee expressed concern, whether revenue sharing was done or not, that the RFP be comparable; avoiding one coming in with an offset of rev- enue sharing and another without that offset; and questioned if all vendors offered revenue sharing. Mr. Pratt responded that revenue sharing was quite standard now. Councilmember McGehee opined that everyone should then submit their bid ac- cordingly. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Schwartz clarified that the pro- posals should be comparable as long as the vendor provided revenue sharing by percentage. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Pratt reviewed how various ven- dors tagged or identified their revenue sharing programs, some on a flat cost to offset and some getting a percentage as currently done in Roseville. Mr. Pratt ad- vised that the last time the contract went out to bid the City used a consultant from Ramsey County to evaluate the revenue sharing component, as they calculated it on the market average for the last twelve months for each commodity. Mr. Pratt advised that Ramsey County had offered the assistance of their consultant again to perform those calculations. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Pratt confirmed that this service was at no cost to the City. Mr. Schwartz noted that revenue sharing had some risks, especially with a con- tract with a lower rate and lower revenue share; and advised that Finance Director Miller had provided some analysis on this, but it was hard to predict. Councilmember Willmus recognized that, as commodities, they were hard to pre- dict. At the request of Mr. Schwartz, Mayor Roe noted his preference for the actual cost, as long as it was very well-defined during the evaluation process.