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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 14, 2014 Page 10 Mayor Roe opined that it made sense, and due to the broad scope of the CEC, suggested interaction with other advisory commissions as well as part of their ef- forts. While suggesting that those answers may not be readily available at this time, Mayor Roe opined that the City Council would not necessarily be opposed to those types of collaborations in the community, since the entire point was community engagement. Member Becker opined that, if the City Council wasn't immediately providing di- rection on priorities from the Task Force summary report, one of the first steps for the CEC seemed to be to identify priorities and make their recommendation to the City Council, using the report as a reference. Member Becker expressed his curi- osity with the website update coming up later in tonight's agenda, opining that since that was a key part on the Task Force recommendation list, he had some open-ended concerns in the City entering into a new contract without input from the CEC as to whether the recommended vendor supported efforts of the CEC and to what extent it met those needs. In recognizing that the vendor was offering a small upgrade fee, Member Becker opined that it was still real money and ques- tioned how long the City would be constrained by that platform versus another venue. Member Becker advised that he and other members of the CEC had thoughts they would like to share on that issue. Councilmember Laliberte encouraged members to stay and engage during those discussions. Mayor Roe concurred, or opened the floor to their feedback at this point as well. Member Mueller concurred with Mr. Becker, opining that with this opportunity to upgrade things, there may be other platforms that would be advantageous to reach a greater number of people, and she would also like an opportunity for the CEC to be involved. Member Becker opined that this would be the first link pin for someone seeking an ability to start on the website, and was important to the overall mission of the CEC. Member Grefenberg noted, having gone through the previous consultant selection and how to or not to do it, especially with the Request for Proposals (RFP's) or list of expectations that haven't been received or vetted by users of the website,he opined that it was inauspicious for the CEC to begin with the decision already having been made to hire a consultant to redesign the website and what the City was looking for in its website. Based on his last experience, Member Grefenberg opined that the CEC may have suggestions to improve the bid by CivicPlus, but also this served as a primary example of the CEC working with staff on the detail and in addressing the e-mail correspondence sent regarding this issue to the City