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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 14, 2014 Page 18 Mr. Bowman clarified that any third party component would be over the basic website redesign; and at this point in his research, he had found none he found satisfactory in providing two-way communication modules. However, Mr. Bow- man advised that he had found third party modules that were much better and they would be his recommendation for the CEC to step in and review them to help streamline the vision; no matter which vendor was chosen at this time, if the City Council decided to take action tonight. Member Ramundt opined that staff's recommendation sounded good to her; and expressed her concern with budget constraints, and if staff and the City Council were willing to spend more money for additional features. Member Ramundt sought the commitment, recognizing this was a great start, but the CEC would be seeking third party add-ons, and whether there was any commitment if significant differences were found in the prices for those additional features. Mr. Bowman advised the third party was where those costs could be determined, with no cost from CivicPlus for third party build ins or ability to add onto the de- sign moving forward; but what could the City want to integrate and build in at the backdoor for integrating it reasonable, with all applications having a initial cost and subsequent annual fees. Mr. Bowman advised that, while he had not ad- dressed that right in tonight's discussion, CivicPlus had not initially included that dynamic design cost, but he had negotiated considerably with them and they add- ed that in their proposal. Mr. Bowman clarified that this information is not a con- tract,just a proposal, and a subsequent contract would be outlined. Mr. Bowman further clarified that the RCA should have reflected removal of that initial cost by CivicPlus based on further negotiations with them to include that portion, basical- ly a$4,000 component that he had gotten them to provide at no additional cost. Councilmember Etten referenced the City of Chanhassen site, also provided by CivicPlus, and how well it worked on his mobile unit, even though he didn't like all features of the overall website on mobile applications; but recognizing their abilities. Mayor Roe clarified that staff's current recommendation, followed by Mr. Bow- man's research, was for a $14,000 expenditure versus the initial staff recommen- dation last year at $70,000 when the City had a budget of $20,000 for this up- grade. Under that scenario, Mayor Roe sought clarification as to whether staff saw an additional $50,000 on top of this initial $14,000 expenditure to complete those add-ons being discussed tonight. Mr. Bowman advised that a huge portion of the previous RFP was the testing as- pect; and while nice if resources were available, since the City didn't have such resources, he set aside that component completely in the current recommendation. Mr. Bowman noted that CivicPlus can provide economies of scale, and their price point reflects that. Mr. Bowman opined that he didn't think future add-ons were