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Mr. Beraopce advised that the open market system breeds innovation, and <br />they were supportive of reasonable technical regulation versus market <br />manipulation. <br />Further discussion included costs for organized versus same open market <br />service ($17 versus $25); lack of a scientific method and numerous <br />variable assumptions shown as a disclaimer in the MPCA study, with the <br />industry contending that the prices were based on random sampling rather <br />than reality across the board, with the number closer to the organized <br />number for the open market price. Mr. Beraopce reviewed various options <br />from a pricing perspective (i.e., senior discount; annual payment discount) <br />to customize different needs for individual or neighborhood groups or <br />collectives. <br />2010 Public Works Workplan <br />Ms. Bloom and Mr. Schwartz provided the 2010 Public Works Workplan <br />as adopted at the October 26, 2009 City Council meeting; listing various <br />infrastructure improvements planned in 2010, and briefly highlighted <br />those items of significance. <br />Discussion included availability of the document on the City's website; <br />comparisons with 2009 costs, as well as five-year averages for mill and <br />overlay. <br />Chair DeBenedet expressed concern that the City was being required to <br />scale back on mill and overlay projects as a result of reduced interest <br />earnings in the Pavement Management Plan (PMP), which increase <br />maintenance and/or reconstruction costs in the future due to deferral of <br />maintenance; and opined that the City's budget model should maintain <br />current average conditions, by allotting $.75 million year. <br />Discussion included interest rate comparisons over the last 15-20 years; <br />when a street exhibits surface distresses and more intense block cracking it <br />is a candidate for mill and overlay; seal coating is no longer cost-effective <br />on mill and overlay candidates. <br />Chair DeBenedet spoke in support, subject to the City Council's final <br />2010 budget decisions, to return to a pre-20091eve1 of investment on <br />infrastructure maintenance. <br />5. 2010 Budget Update <br />Mr. Schwartz provided, as a bench handout, materials utilized by the City <br />Council at their meeting held the previous night, for the Budgeting for <br />Outcomes (BFO) process in determining the 2010 budget and levy, and <br />based on profiles completed by staff, with assistance by a consultant, for <br />staff time, purchases and supplies, based on 2009 dollars and allocations <br />Page 12 of 14 <br />