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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 4,2017 Page 11 that she again voted against going forward with those bids and supported their re- jection at that time. Councilmember Laliberte clarified that she was a strong be- liever that the License Center was a good operation generating nice revenue for the city while providing good service for the region. However, Councilmember Laliberte also cautioned that Roseville was not the only operation in the area providing those services any more, and therefore that needed to be taken into con- sideration without simply spending money without giving it more thought. There- fore, Councilmember Laliberte stated her support in stepping back to allow for that reconsideration. At this time, City Manager Trudgeon provided Consumer Price Index (CPI) up- dates as requested by Councilmember Laliberte, representing numbers available (no numbers available for the second half of 2017) consistent with his recommen- dations at 2.25% for non-union employees and 2.75% for union staff under con- tract obligations. While appreciating the update related to employee COLA increases, Coun- cilmember McGehee restated her concerns with discrepancies in union and non- union compensation and in relation to peer city averages. Specific to the License Center, Councilmember McGehee seconded the comments of Councilmember Laliberte in it being perfectly reasonable to go back to drawing board as suggested by Councilmember Willmus to review proposed finishes for the License Center renovation. Councilmember McGehee stated that she could have agreed to that, but not to the universal rejection of all bids and need to go back down that path. If and when the process resumes, Councilmember McGehee stated her support for revisiting the proposed materials at that time to reduce costs. Councilmember McGehee pointed out to Councilmember Willmus that she did not support the past City Council majority action to approve bonds for a new fire station and park improvements without the benefit of a referendum. In terms of CIP spending, Councilmember McGehee pointed out the recent insti- tution this year, with development of the Cedarholm Golf Course clubhouse pro- ject, projections for operational and maintenance costs going forward and provid- ing needed transparency from the start. Councilmember McGehee expressed her hope that this would be the new norm going forward. However, Councilmember McGehee compared end cost increased projections for the License Center (at 137%) with those of the clubhouse (at 140%), noting there was no consideration given to reducing finishes at that facility as had occurred at the License Center renovation costs. Councilmember McGehee reiterated her opinion that the coun- cil had acted rather precipitously and suggested reopening the bid project to find a target range of$80 to $90 per square foot as more reasonable, rather than continu-