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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, Apri120, 2009 Page 8 • Roe moved, Pust seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 10705 entitled "Resolu- tion Awarding Bids for 2009 Contract B;" in the amount of $2,491,836.78 to As- phalt Surface Technology Corp. (a./k/a ASTECH Corp.) of St. Cloud, MN. Roll Call Ayes: Ihlan; Roe; Pust; Johnson; and Klausing. Nays: None. A brief discussion was held on prepaying assessments rather than them being ap- plied to property taxes; and possible County programs available on the Ramsey County website that could provide more flexibility and remedy for residents hav- ing economic difficulties. d. Authorize hiring additional IT Support Staff to Provide Services for Other Cities Information Technology Director Terre Heiser outlined the request for creation of anew position within the IT Department, based on a needs assessment performed by the networking group in the recent past. Mr. Heiser provided the City Council with an update on the growth of the IT network since 1995 and the 20 cit- ies/agencies now supported through this IT network facilitated by the City of Roseville's IT staff. • Mr. Heiser advised that this new position would be responsible to design, admin- ister and maintain the enterprise-wide Microsoft Exchange messaging system to include virus protection, spam filtering and security at an enterprise level. Mayor Klausing commended and publicly acknowledged Mr. Heiser's history with and growth of the City's IT system and business model. Councilmember Pust concurred, and sought clarification of the actual full-time employee numbers represented now and being requested. Mr. Heiser advised that the department was in the midst of completing a staffing analysis; including staffing provided by other cities that were incorporated; and additional economies in scale that could be found. Johnson moved, Pust seconded; authorizing staff to create a Network Server Spe- cialist position within the Information Technology Division. Councilmember Ihlan expressed concern in creating a permanent position before a funding system was finalized. Councilmember Ihlan recognized the existing Joint Powers Agreements (JPA's); however, cautioned that the position should be hired on a temporary basis with a 1-2 year contract, rather than permanently in case • member cities found it necessary to withdraw from their JPA's, requiring the City to lay off the position.