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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 10, 2007 Page 9 to complete Tasks 1 and 2 as outlined in the staff report, to allow more time for the City Council to work through the scope services for subsequent and more substantive tasks. Discussion included whether such action would put the City at a dis- advantage, rather than approving the entire contract scope and cost at this time. Interim Community Development Director Mike Darrow advised that this process was advantageous to the City in allowing more room to negotiate, and to allow for negotiation and development of a detailed scope for remaining tasks and the bulk of the contract, including a menu for each task, personnel available, deliverables and methodol- ogy for each of those tasks. Councihnember Ihlan opined that she was supportive of structuring the contract in this way, allowing for consensus-building and time for fine-tuning the scope of the contract by the City Council. Ihlan moved, Pust seconded, approval of a Consultant Services Agreement between the City of Roseville and Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc. (HKGI) to undertake Tasks 1 (Organize the Planning Process) and Task 2 (Establish Understanding of Roseville Today) for a not-to-exceed budget of $33,937.00; as detailed in Exhibit A enti- tled, "Scope of Services" of the agreement. Roll Call Ayes: Roe; Pust; Ihlan; Kough; and Klausing. Nays: None. 8. Other Business Items a. City Council Action on the 2008 Preliminary Budget City Manager Malinen and Finance Director Miller were available. Mr. Miller noted that staff had attempted to respond to Councihnem- ber e-mails and phone comments and questions received, with the ex- ception of those received over the weekend and earlier today. Mr. Miller advised that staff would respond to those as soon as possible, and noted that representatives from all departments were available at tonight's meeting for specific questions. Mr. Miller clarified re-