2016-11-14 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council Minutes

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Councilmember Zemanek made a motion to approve the recommendation of City Staff and the Chapter 172 Employee Retiree Insurance and Benefits Committee for award of bid proposal to vendors for Medical; Pharmacy; Stop Loss; Medical and Vision benefits plans. Councilmember K. Martin seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 9/0. (b) Consider approval or other action regarding vendor service contract for mowing of City -maintained properties — R. Epting Parks and Recreation Director Rosalyn Epting presented a summary. Mayor Rigby asked if Camp Landscape Services were the only bidder, would the City have to go out for bid a second time. Finance Director Dolby and Purchasing Manager Cherell Daeumer both responded, probably not. Mayor Rigby asked Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins if there is a fourth option. Mr. Askins responded the City should choose from the bids that were submitted. Councilmember Earp made a motion to reject the first bids and accept the bid of $286,280 from Cornerstone Maintenance. Councilmember Leonard seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED 8/1. Ayes: Councilmembers Earp, Zemanek, Kaminski, Leonard, Clausen, J. Martin, K. Martin and Engelken Nays: Mayor Rigby Absent: None 8. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION (a) Discussion and possible action regarding design of the elevated storage tank artwork on 4tn Street and Main Street — S. Valiante Public Works Director Sharon Valiante presented a summary. Councilmember Zemanek commented he likes La Porte in the middle of the tank, the La Porte logo on the left and the Bulldog artwork on the right. Councilmember Clausen made a motion for the Bulldog logo at 00 and 1800 and the word "La Porte" at 900 and 2700. Councilmember Zemanek seconded the motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 9/0. (b) Discussion and possible action regarding City of La Porte Parks and Recreation Department Operational Analysis — R. Epting Parks and Recreation Director Rosalyn Epting presented a summary and introduced Melissa Chew, Project Consultant with GreenPlay LLC. After the presentation, Councilmember Leonard asked if Staff and the Parks and Recreation Department were made aware of alternative funding opportunities that other cities have used. Ms. Chew responded yes, they were provided with a list of over 100 funding strategies. Councilman Zemanek stated the entire report is all of the negatives and none of the positives, and he indicated concern for the cost of making changes to comply with the proposed organization chart. Councilmember Earp asked if the Master Plan was reviewed and re-evaluated. Ms. Chew responded yes. He also asked if the comparison to other cities was apples to apples or if it is slightly skewed. Ms. Epting responded that there are definitely subtle differences between what each city does, which means the information is skewed somewhat. She will be looking at this very closely. Page 3 of 5 Nov. 14, 2016, Council Meeting Minutes