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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 6, 2019 Page 14 There was no support for removal. Ms. Gundlach asked for clarification that the College and Post-Secondary School will be removed and Orthopedic and Chiropractic will also be removed and leave the Laboratory definition as proposed in the RCA noting the use table includes the limited production processing. Mayor Roe said that was correct. d. Consider Adopting Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy Public Works Director Marc Culver briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the RCA and related attachments dated May 6, 2019. Councilmember Willmus stated an example from Public Works pertains to the fleet the surveyors and engineers use. He stated a number of years ago the City transitioned to smaller, more efficient vehicles. He suggested other departments in the City look at this and determine if, for example, a building inspector needed to be driving a full-size pickup. He noted there are a lot of things related to pur- chasing of copy paper and things like that, but there are bigger ticket items too that he thought the City needs to focus on and look to areas where the City can improve efficiencies. Mayor Roe stated what comes to his mind is environmentally responsible building materials for building projects. Councilmember Laliberte stated in the Commission discussion, there was a dis- cussion about helping to avoid certain purchases and she wondered if Mr. Culver could expand on that. Mr. Culver thought it referred to the overall reduction of what the City uses and trying to reuse materials and such. Councilmember Laliberte asked who would oversee this and what would be the reporting or tracking process for what the City is accomplishing through this and asked Mr. Culver if he sees any unintended consequences? Mr. Culver stated the responsible department would be Public Works and that is where interns and volunteers would be used to help staff do some research and work with Departments to find alternatives. Ultimately, some minor reporting will be done. He noted Green Steps four and five are all about benchmarking and reporting and tracking what is actually being done and the results. He stated Councilmember Willmus mentioned buying smaller vehicles and at some point, there needs to be an open discussion about purchasing electric vehicles, noting there are additional costs and the paybacks are much longer on electric vehicles.