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MINUTES OF THE ORONO COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 22, 1989 STUBBS BAY SEWER CONTINUED and residents with public notice being sent to all property owners in the proposed and abutting areas for the project. Motion, Ayes =4, Nays =O, Motion passed. FACILITY SITE ANALYSIS City Administrator Bernhardson said that in response to Councilmember Callahan's request he had received information regarding the use of Site A for City Hall and Police and Site C for Public Works. Site preparation of this option would be $317,750.00. Included in this figure is an amount necessary to provide screening and road systems between the facilities. In regard to touring other city facilities, Bernhardson estimated that it would take 4 hours to do a bus tour of some specific sites. A weekday is proposed for the tour so that the sites to be observed would be open and functioning. TELEPHONE SYSTEM- REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL City Administrator Bernhardson asked for authorization to seek request for proposal for a new phone system. The current system is outdated and restrictive. This is not a budgeted item, and $10,000 to $12,000 would need to be allocated. The phone system could be moved to another location for an additional $1500 to $2000. Councilmember Peterson indicated that she did not want to allocate any funds until proposals were reviewed. It was moved by Mayor Grabek, seconded by Councilmember Goetten, to authorize staff to take to qualified vendors the request for proposal ,for a new phone system. Staff is further directed to bring back the analyzed request for proposal with a recommendation. Motion, Ayes =4, Nays =O, Motion passed. POLICE SUPERVISORY IMPLEMENTATION City Administrator Bernhardson reported that Chief Kilbo had provided 5 options for implementing a third supervisor. Chief Kilbo's recommendation is to delay this implementation until October to allow further "inside" personnel to develop and allow time for the second supervisor who was recently appointed to develop and be operating efficiently in his position. Mayor Grabek indicated that he agreed with Kilbo's recommendation. Councilmember Goetten said that she was not in favor of expending $50,000 to select someone from outside. Councilmember Peterson questioned why there seemed to be a sense of urgency when this matter was initially presented to the Council and now the recommendation was for a 6 month delay? Chief Kilbo replied that October was an arbitrary month, but felt that if the process began at that time, the new supervisor could begin by January 1, 1990. He added that if everything progressed 10 • • •