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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 15, 2013 Page 7 ment; and reiterated his support for offering their expertise to the Parks Depart- ment when they were ready to proceed. Mr. Schwartz also suggested there may be additional opportunities for the Com- munity Development and Public Works Department GIS staff to coordinate fur- ther. Mr. Schwartz advised that it was common for any and all departments to re- quest help of other departments as needed. Related to Mr. Schwartz' comments regarding upcoming retirements and reorgan- ization plans, Councilmember Laliberte requested additional information in the near future of a flow chart for succession planning for the department; and any potential things that could be eliminated from this department and provided by another department to allow the Public Works team to focus on specific duties outside ancillary "fluff' in day to day operations. With the addition of a new su- perintendent and one less supervisor, Councilmember Laliberte noted that this would impact salaries at those levels as well. Mr. Schwartz advised that he was cognizant that all departments throughout the City were lean, and questioned the viability of asking another department to take on additional responsibilities. Mr. Schwartz suggested that one consideration may be how facilities are currently managed, with future consideration given to contracting that management out, recognizing that facility management firms provided web-based management and expertise, freeing up current staff to complete reorganization within the depart- ment. Councilmember Laliberte opined that there was a significant amount of money spent in the Public Works/Engineering Department and that it would be a mistake to priority other things without first funding a succession plan. Mayor Roe recognized the City of Roseville's current provision of Public Works/Engineering services to other communities, as well as the sharing of a City of Maplewood Engineer with Roseville; and asked for a status update on those ar- rangements, whether they were a net gain for the City of Roseville or not. Mr. Schwartz responded that those relationships did impact staff time; however, they were still found to be a net gain. Mr. Schwartz advised that the City was cur- rently only providing engineering services to the City of Falcon Heights, as Arden Hills hired additional engineering staff. Mr. Schwartz further reported that the City of Maplewood staff engineer being shared with the City of Roseville for stormwater modeling had left that city for the DNR, and the City of Maplewood did not fill that vacancy. Therefore, Mr. Schwartz advised that the City of Rose- ville had been using a start-up firm with young talent that was found somewhat less expensive than the Maplewood model; and opined that it remained a good