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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 23, 2009 Page 5 Mayor Klausing concurred that the City needed to be judicious in hiring outside consultants; however, opined that one way the City was able to keep budget costs down was by not having full-time staff in-house that were not utilized fully, and by not taking on those additional positions and associated salary, benefits and ex- penses. Mayor Klausing spoke in support of the requested action. Councilmember Roe noted, from his earlier discussions with City Manager Ma- linen, that this contract represented a new City standard form of agreement with outside contractors. Mr. Miller concurred, noting that was a relatively new standard form being used by the City, with the intent to utilize it for all future professional service. Councilmember Roe spoke in support of the standard format, rather than select boiler plate language of firms being hired, to more fully protect the City's best in- terest related to contract terms. Roe moved, Klausing seconded, approval of a Standard Agreement for Profes- sional Services between the City of Roseville and The Cuningham Group for re- writing of the City Zoning Code. Roll Call Ayes: Roe; Pust; Johnson; and Klausing. Nays: Ihlan. Motion carried. c. Adopt a Resolution Supporting Federal HR3745, The Community Access Preservation Act of 2009 At the request of Mayor Klausing, the City Council's North Suburban Cable Commission (NSCC) Liaison Councilmember Roe briefly reviewed this item. Councilmember Roe noted that the NSCC was supportive of this federal legisla- tion intended to preserve public educational and government programming through local franchise agreements and related terms, rather than through state- wide franchising options, and allowing less local control over what could be funded and allowing cable companies to remove select services at the local level. Mayor Klausing advised that, while he was supportive of public educational and government access channels as a legitimate expectation; opined that he was un- easy supporting a specific piece of legislation without knowing more about the proposed legislation. Mayor Klausing sought additional information from Coun- cilmember Roe on NSCC-level discussions; and whether there was an opportunity to support the concept of Public, Educational and Government (PEG) without ty- ing it to a particular bill.