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04-19-1993 - Workshop CITY COUNCIL OF EDGEWATER WORKSHOP APRIL 19, 1993 7 :00 P.M. COMMUNITY CENTER MINUTES CALL TO ORDER Mayor Hayman called the Workshop to order at 7 : 00 p.m. in the Community Center. ROLL CALL Mayor Jack Hayman Present Councilman Kirk Jones Present Councilwoman Louise Martin Present Councilman Michael Hays Present Councilman David Mitchum Present City Attorney Krista Storey Present City Manager George McMahon Present City Clerk Susan Wadsworth Present Police Chief Lawrence Schumaker Present MEETING PURPOSE The purpose of the Workshop was to discuss the evidence building, Volusia City-County Water Supply Co-Operative, contracts of the City Attorney, City Manager and City Clerk and the preliminary budget. Mayor Hayman presented administrative announcements with regard to the agendas that were available and the reasons for holding workshops and how the workshop would be handled with regard to public comment. City Manager McMahon presented an overview on the need for the evidence building with regard to the main purpose of the building being for storing the City' s records . The second reason was to provide a secure area for identifying and storing evidence . He further identified they were at risk without a secure building due to the records and evidence continuing to grow. He estimated the building could be constructed for approximately $70, 000, which was originally estimated to cost approximately $100, 000 . If they are going to look at providing a complete building it would be logical to look at these on the same site which would add another $70, 000, bringing the estimated cost up to $140, 000 for the building and property. He further identified what the payback would be based on financing for five or ten years. 1 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 Police Chief Schumaker continued the presentation by commenting on the evidence problem they have and how this building would help with that. He commented on the evidence they took in in 1992 as well as the first three months of this year. They projected upwards of 1, 000 pieces of evidence to be taken in in the next fiscal year. He spoke of the evidence currently being stored at a building they bought to serve as an evidence building until a better facility could be built or bought but it wasn' t secure. Anything of value was being secured in the detectives' office. He further commented on some of the consequences if they didn' t get an evidence building reasonably quick due to not having the physical room to store the material . He wasn' t comfortable with valuables being stored in lockers . He would prefer to have one person responsible and accountable as opposed to any number of people . He further commented on the evidence that was collected from the Larzelere case and this being done extraordinarily well without the facility to properly do it. City Manager McMahon then commented on the philosophical issue of the need for a new City Hall. He felt logistically it made sense to have the evidence building located close to the Police Department and City Hall. Mr. Karet made a presentation regarding what they envision the building to look like with regard to office space needs and evidence and records storage needs. He compared the square feet some of the different City departments currently have. He also spoke of future facility needs with regard to additional space to accommodate future growth. Mr. Karet estimated the total cost of the evidence building to be $1 . 3 million, which didn' t include financing. He further commented on looking at an incremental approach and what benefits could be derived from placing the office space above the evidence building. Councilman Hays commented on previous discussions regarding if it was wise to place the Police Department in a central complex that would include City Hall . Mr. Karet spoke of looking at leasing out the Police and Fire Department administrative offices which would reduce the total cost of the complex as well as the Parks & Recreation since there was an existing plan to put a gymnasium at the 26-acre park. Mayor Hayman commented on prioritizing this and how it would affect the capital projects budget such as paving. City Manager McMahon informed him this would have no influence on that since his proposal for paving was quite different. He recommended the Council consider no more than five years . He further spoke of the investment being sound due to the needs they have not diminishing and actually increasing. 2 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 Councilman Hays felt they needed to proceed with the evidence building. He would support a five year plan at 4 . 65% interest. Police Chief Schumaker spoke of the evidence building also serving as a storage area for supplies such as uniforms, holsters, ammunition, tapes and everything that is needed onsite to run a Police Department. Mayor Hayman summarized by describing at this point, they would like to ask City Manager McMahon and staff to finalize a study and possible refinement of an evidence and files storage complex, design financing and ask them to bring that back to Council . Councilman Jones commented on having the evidence building closer to the Police Department but mentioned there being vacant buildings on Guava Drive and other areas in the City and the possibility of using one of these vacant buildings . City Manager McMahon spoke of the three different sites he looked at and considering the possibility of leasing, which he felt was money spent with nothing to show for it. Councilman Jones commented on a potential site not far from Whistle Stop Park, which he felt may help with the vandalism problem. Chief Schumaker commented on problems with buildings that are not designed to control narcotics and the renovation that would need to be done. City Manager McMahon asked Mr. Karet to describe the basic specifications they had prepared. Mr. Karet turned the meeting over to Mr. Martin who further commented on the structure design of the building which would be a fire resistant type structure. With regard to fire safety, Mayor Hayman spoke of in lieu of sprinklers they could have an alarm system which would allow them to use a masonry wall . Mr. Karet informed him the current design which was reviewed by the Fire Department met all of the applicable requirements . There was then a discussion with regard to the second story housing the detectives and handicap accessibility. It was the consensus of Council to move forward with a two-story building. This would be brought back at the first meeting in May with any refinements to the final plan and a recommended financial plan for payback on an annual basis after which they would be ready to go. 2) Volusia City-County Water Supply Co-operative Mayor Hayman described the agreement in broad terms that the City had with the other members of the Volusia City-County Water Supply Co- operative, which was originally formatted to authorize a water authority. He further commented on essentially what the Co-op does 3 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 for the City. He then described instances in the agreement that were still reading like an authority. Mayor Hayman spoke about where the Water Co-operative might go in the future and why he wasn' t particularly happy with some of the wording in the agreement. He then commented on two questions which were identified by the Attorney General with regard to allowing for private water concerns to join the Co-operative, which was determined to not be allowed. The other question asked of the Attorney General was regarding the liability issue to members of the Water Co-operative . With the way it was written right now the members were not being protected under Florida Statutes because of the unique arrangement of who owns the existing water well fields, which are owned by the respective cities and the Co-operative under this arrangement had no authority over the present well fields and distribution systems . Mayor Hayman wanted to hear from each of the Council their feelings on the Co-operative regarding what is a paramount of dues they might pay and their expectations on the performance of the Co-operative. Councilwoman Martin spoke of not being happy with the $10, 000 fee and the hiring of the Manager but they did go along with it. She spoke of not turning their wells over to them, which was one of the stipulations and she was glad they didn' t do that. She didn' t know what they intended to do in the next year. Mayor Hayman spoke of the Co-operative developing a mission statement which they didn' t have, developing goals to address the issues and then coming up with the objectives and prioritization. Councilman Jones felt back when they initially became a member the great concern was the future expansion of cities . He further spoke of Volusia County having a unique aquifer and a very rich water supply and they wanted to have a water type group that was going to be looking at the future focus . If the cities keep expanding they have to find some way for some type of governing over the aquifers because eventually they will go dry. His concern was every city paying the same amount and he felt it should be done on a per capita basis . He felt if they created another agency they would create another monster. Mayor Hayman further commented Councilman Jones' concern with regard to every city paying the same amount. There was a consensus that they needed to fix that. He further commented on the alternatives they looked at. Mayor Hayman commented on what Mr. Feaster' s assignments were and what he had accomplished in his first six months . He also commented on his attempt to refine the agreement and come up with a mission statement. 4 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 Councilman Hays spoke of supporting a co-operative of planned management and future management and not a taxing authority, which he would never have agreed to. He wanted to see dialogue between the eastern side and western side of the County. He spoke of 80% of the potable water in Volusia County going on ornamental plants and there being other resources, such as reuse water. This is what he hoped to see for their $10, 000 . Mayor Hayman elaborated on Councilman Hays' concern with regard to the east side and west side dialogue. He spoke of the County Council actively trying to help them in that area along with Mr. Feaster. He then commented on the vision of the future with regard to reuse water. Mayor Hayman identified City Manager McMahon and City Engineer Fegley had also been pushing reuse water. He spoke of the western part of the County not being in as good a shape with the abundance and availability of reuse water as we are in this region. Councilman Hays commented on the western side having an abundance of area to put the reuse which the eastern side doesn' t have. He further spoke of being limited where they can put the reuse and felt once they get on the other side of I-95 that would all change. Councilman Mitchum asked where the County stood as far as actually having an authority. Mayor Hayman identified the County was an equal participant to the other six members although they exercise authority over a greater area. Councilman Mitchum confirmed they were home rule charter. He expressed concern with the County having the authority to create an authority and didn' t want to create something that the County could undermine. City Manager McMahon explained the County Charter did not currently empower them to set up such an authority but they may set up taxing districts under State Statutes . If the Water Authority was going to become an authority with taxing powers it had to be done through a Legislative act. Mayor Hayman then commented on the old agreement and the authority identified in that agreement. He spoke of the City' s wellfields being in the County. Mayor Hayman felt if this continued to go as it was Edgewater needed to get a permit for the next wellfield they want somewhere near Lake Ashby and as soon as they get that permit their water resources would be guaranteed for the next 75 years . Councilman Hays identified he would be very happy to see the Co-op get into a program with the City since they have a reuse system and let them utilize their reuse water to take it west. He spoke of this 5 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 being a mutual project. If it is all just a give on the City' s part and not on their part it would be a different ballgame in his mind. Mayor Hayman then commented on Mr. Feaster being tasked with developing demographics to help St. Johns firm up their master plan. He spoke of the Water Co-op trying to work with St. Johns to look at the County master plan and to make sure it is supportive of the local municipal plans and if there are problems, they would begin working on a reasonable solution. City Manager McMahon informed Council his budget was coming up and he would have to have a firm figure from the Water Authority and the Water Co-operative as to what their expectations were from cities next year by June 1st. Mayor Hayman summarized Council' s concerns and identified he would express their concerns to the Co-operative and that he would make sure they got a copy of the present agreement. There was a ten-minute recess at this time. Mayor Hayman asked for citizen comments . The following citizen spoke: Dominic Capria, 606 Topside Circle, identified he agreed 100% with Councilman Hays' comments . 3) Contracts of City Attorney, City Manager and City Clerk Councilman Hays referred to the City Manager agreement, Paragraph A, which referenced Section 8 . He didn' t have a Section 8 and assumed it would be the same as what was included in the other contracts . Mayor Hayman identified they had two documents, the current agreement and the amended agreement. City Attorney Storey informed him it was referred to as Section 2 . Mayor Hayman wanted to see included in the agreement a quarterly or semi-annual performance review including the City Manager and Council . They currently had only one required performance review with the City Manager. Councilwoman Martin questioned how often they do the employee performance reviews . City Manager McMahon commented on the current employee performance review process . He then identified he had no problems with a quarterly review as long as they sit down first and establish what the standards were. He suggested that be done during the budget process . He also commented on giving Council a quarterly report, which he felt should be done. 6 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 Councilman Hays felt it was just as important for Council to establish a reasonable completion time for the goals they set and review what had been done. He spoke of needing to get a handle on if the City Manager was doing what they wanted to do and that it was being done in a reasonable period of time. He spoke of it being the responsibility of the Council to set reasonable standards and goals for the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk. City Manager McMahon stated the worse fear a City Manager has is the surprise of a hidden agenda the Council made where politically the Council had determined he or she was going and further commented on sometimes having that with the changing of Council. Councilwoman Martin didn' t see a reason to go to a quarterly performance review when the City employees' reviews were every six months and questioned if there was a problem they had in the last two years to warrant this . Mayor Hayman felt if Council didn' t see a need for it they wouldn' t have to do it but it provided a mechanism for the City Manager to come to them quarterly. He further identified he had a problem with once a year. Councilman Jones spoke in favor of two performance evaluations a year. If they set goals for him and he keeps meeting those goals then they don' t need to evaluate him quarterly. City Manager McMahon asked Council when they create the standards for the review that use the same approach that he is using with other employees . He further commented on being held accountable. Councilman Hays felt City Manager McMahon did an excellent job following up with the Council . He wasn' t sure if they wanted to approach this from a one on one standpoint or do it formally in a workshop. He felt it was their responsibility to City Manager McMahon to be sure that with the tasks they give him that they give him the tools to do it with so he can complete the task. Mayor Hayman felt the process used to provide feedback to any of the contract employees could be done on a private one on one as well as in a workshop forum. He didn' t want to do it in a private session with others present. Councilman Hays didn' t think it would be appropriate to do an evaluation in public. Mayor Hayman asked City Attorney Storey if there was a requirement legally to have a public evaluation. City Attorney Storey informed him no and that they could not as a group do it other than publicly. They could individually provide input or handle it however they saw fit. Any decision that would translate into dollars or benefits would need to come back before Council as a group. 7 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 Councilwoman Martin commented on City Manager McMahon and the Council having an open door relationship, which has worked out. Councilman Jones pointed out that evaluations were open to the public. Having never gone through the process of providing feedback to a City Manager, City Attorney or City Clerk, Mayor Hayman wanted to be fully aware of the procedure that had been established in the City and followed for some time . City Manager McMahon wanted clarification and consensus from Council if there were any changes because they would be sending Council the final contract which would be the product they produced tonight. Councilman Hays spoke of reviewing the contract annually and asked if they should identify a six-month review. City Manager McMahon informed him if the intent was to have a six month oral review he would say that or if the intent was to have a written performance evaluation once a year he would say that. Councilman Hays suggested they include there would be a six-month oral review of goals and objectives, which he felt would be the perfect time to see if the goals were still realistic, if they had initiated policy to make the goals real and workable, if they were taking action as a Council so he could meet the responsibilities they put on him and if the budget dollars were still available to do the job they asked him to do. City Manager McMahon informed Council one reason they hadn' t received a mid-year adjustment recommendation was because they were very much on target with that budget. He felt it would be remiss of the City Manager to not inform Council of a serious change in the financial condition of the City. Mayor Hayman referred to Page 2, Section 6 with regard to Compensation. He asked what the amount was . City Manager McMahon commented on the wage and salary study that was done last year and followed up again this year. It was determined the mid-point was $59, 105. City Manager McMahon asked Council to focus on that in relation to the other Managers throughout the area and the position itself. Councilman Hays commented on the other allowances that are made in other cities . He identified they were only talking about the salary with City Manager McMahon and pointed out he didn' t have additional allowances that other City Managers had. City Manager McMahon commented on not having a need for a car allowance. He uses his vehicle less than 100 miles per month for the City. He spoke of also having access to the City administrative car if he has to go somewhere nearby. 8 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 Mayor Hayman described what happened when he and City Manager McMahon broke down on I-95 while driving the City administrative car. When he uses his personal vehicle to go to Daytona Beach or further, he does put in for the $ .21 per mile. Councilman Hays felt if they were just looking at the salaries they weren' t comparing apples to apples and needed to look at the entire package that some of the other cities offer. Councilwoman Martin commented on the City Manager in New Smyrna over $65, 000 and gives him a car. Councilman Jones felt Edgewater could not be compared to new Smyrna due to it being a totally different taxing district. Just because they have a similar population doesn' t mean they have the same tax base. Mayor Hayman commented on the salary study done by Hammock Enterprises with regard to the range for the City Manager' s salary. City Manager McMahon commented on factoring in years of experience when considering a salary. Councilman Jones felt at this time he didn' t feel they were ready to go to mid-point because of telling the other employees 2% was all they had. Mid-point would be an almost 14% raise which he felt wouldn' t be fair to the rest of the employees . City Manager McMahon felt the study done by Hammack last year was an excellent model and should be the basis for the future . Councilman Hays asked how many employees' salaries were increased with the Hammock survey. City Manager McMahon explained they had about 160 employees . Where the salary was already at the mid-point they did not go higher. Everybody was raised up to the minimum as there were some below the minimum. A 2% cost of living increase was given to everybody on top of that. He also identified there were some employees that were very close to the maximum that received a one-time pay for performance that was not be added to their base salary. Councilman Hays pointed out City Manager McMahon was at the salary they brought him in at and there had been other employees' adjustments since then and he felt they needed to be fair and look at that. City Manager McMahon identified they did not bring people up to mid- point and that some people were already at mid-point. Councilman Jones commented on the increased cost to the pension due to it not being actuarially sound. They figured their employees wouldn' t stay around as long as they have and they would have more of a turnover rate before they became vested which was not the case. 9 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 City Manager McMahon commented on the plan being maintained in a sound way and what happened this year was they moved into an employee turnover factor that was greater than what they actually had and as a result of that they had to compensate for that. He further identified he was going to come to Council and was going to explore with the Union what was known as a defined premium rather than a defined benefit plan. Councilman Jones commented on this being an unforeseen thing that just popped up that cost a lot of money. They had a lot of people with a lot of years' service which he felt was something they needed to look at. Councilman Jones mentioned they were going from a 10% investment to a 15% investment in City Manager McMahon' s ICMA. He had 20 years experience, not all with the City and he felt they had to look at that. Mayor Hayman pointed out the general employees got 20% put into their pension. City Manager McMahon identified the differences with the defined benefit plan compared to the ICMA. Councilman Jones pointed out at one time they weren' t paying near the money they are paying now because of people staying employed with the City. He spoke of ICMA being more for people with a higher turnover rate so they can take that with them as opposed to the defined benefit plan that allows you to retire at 55 or 25 years of service. There was a discussion regarding the 2% cost of living raise for the employees being given to them in the fall, which was included in the salary figures . There was further discussion with regard to merit increases . City Attorney Storey commented on the way the agreements were structured initially with regard to pay increases . City Manager McMahon proposed in the contract itself that any future increases be based strictly on performance. He felt the days of cost of living increases were gone. Councilman Hays didn' t have a problem with the salary ranges . He didn' t feel the cost of living increases should apply to contract employees and wanted to see that part removed from all of the contracts . Councilman Hays didn' t have a problem with the $59, 000 salary being paid to City Manager McMahon and felt it was a fair marketable salary. He didn' t see that they would get anybody to fill his shoes and do the job for less . There is always somebody willing to take the job but he was talking about being able to do the job too. He further commented 10 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 on the interview process they went through when they were hiring the City Manager. City Manager McMahon commented on the professional memberships he felt were valuable and needed. Councilman Hays didn' t disagree. He also mentioned City Clerk Wadsworth being a part of the Florida Association of City Clerks . City Manager McMahon pointed out City Clerk Wadsworth was one of the very few certified City Clerks in the State. Councilman Mitchum referenced Section C with regard to "approved" seminars . He felt "approved" needed to go up after International City County Management Association, Florida City County Management Association and other "approved" organizations . Mayor Hayman summarized what had been discussed up to this point. Councilman Jones disclosed what he had found out about the amounts that are put into the ICMA for the City Managers in Port Orange, who was also the City Clerk and Daytona Beach. Councilman Hays pointed out the additional benefits they are getting too and felt that needed to be weighed in. City Manager McMahon further commented on the State Retirement Plan. Councilman Mitchum commented on the best financed pensions and retirements being taxpayer paid. He further disclosed he felt they had to be good stewards of the City money. They take care of their employees and all of the budget constraints they have always seem to come in the way of services . He further commented on government jobs having well financed, well maintained pension plans . City Manager McMahon explained that was probably the reason why they have a major difference in salaries for comparable work and accountability with regard to government verses private industry. Councilman Mitchum felt if everyone were paid on what they produced they would be a lot better off. Mayor Hayman asked City Manager McMahon if they had a problem under the original agreement with his participation in the International Exchange program as it related to the outside employment. City Manager McMahon informed Council the City Manager of New Smyrna had already been selected to go to Australia and he was selected to go to Germany, which if he went, would be at his expense and not an expense to the City. City Manager McMahon pointed out City Attorney Storey needed direction from Council to come back to them with a final contract. City Attorney Storey needed to know if there were any additional changes to the language other than what was proposed. She had general consensus 11 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 on a couple of items but she didn' t know what they wanted to do in terms of the compensation paragraph. It was determined it would be discussed when it came to Council for a vote. City Attorney Storey further identified what she had general consensus on. Councilman Hays expressed his concern with compensatory time for professional employees, contract employees and department heads but felt it had to be reasonable and had to be dealt with professionally. He felt they were all professional enough to realize some weeks it may take 45 or 60 hours to get the job done. In his mind what it takes to get the job done is what is required, not we are going to leave early and go home because we worked late on Monday. He didn' t feel that was a professional attitude. Councilman Jones asked to be provided the number of people who were at mid-point or better by the next meeting. City Manager McMahon agreed to get him the information. There was a brief discussion regarding bringing the City Manager' s salary to mid-point. City Manager McMahon commented on the responsibilities of City Managers in other cities being different and asked Council to look at the job they expect of the City Manager' s position and look at the accountability they want for that job. The following citizens spoke: Doris Hill, 112 Lincoln Road, felt City Manager McMahon was underpaid but had only been with the City a year and a half and when he took the job he agreed to take it at that salary. She had a problem with his request to be brought up to mid-point being based on a pay scale that was established under the Hammack study, which was requested after he had been with the City for three months . She had asked at that time why they couldn' t get the help that was required from the Florida League of Cities and do the study themselves which she felt was the City Manager' s job. She mentioned the cost of $30, 000 to do the study. City Manager McMahon clarified the Hammack Study cost the City $19, 000 . Although he could have done the study he did not have the personnel to do the study. He wanted this to be a totally unbiased study. Ms . Hill pointed out City Manager McMahon had a relationship with Hammack Enterprises before. City Manager McMahon confirmed he knew of them. City Manager McMahon stated the salary requested in the proposed contract tonight recognized he was hired a year and a half ago at the 12 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 salary he agreed to accept. He spoke of being at the beginning of a new contract period and was requesting that salary for that contract period. The salary request was not predicated solely on Hammack but was predicated on information taken less than two weeks ago in this area. Bill Klein, 2910 Needle Palm Drive, commented on the present and proposed City Manager contract and the negotiation process . He spoke of giving some of the lower paid employees more money. He agreed with Councilman Hays with regard to compensatory time with regard to spending the time necessary to do the job. He didn' t feel there should be a clause in the contract where he can take time off. He then asked about there being a clause in the contract that said it automatically extended for two years . City Attorney Storey addressed Mr. Klein' s concerns by identifying the way the initial contracts were drafted if there wasn' t attention brought to them they would simply role over for an additional two years . These have been brought to the Council' s attention and the public' s attention which she felt was the professional thing to do. Councilman Hays described why that was set up like that initially. City Manager McMahon didn't have difficulty in his conscience asking Council for the money based on all of the City Managers up and down the east coast. Mr. Klein felt it should be put in the contract that it was the responsibility of the individual with the contract to bring their contracts back to Council . City Manager McMahon reminded Council and the public that he was an at-will employee. Mayor Hayman commenting on the need to have a suspense mechanism in place that tells them what comes up and what is due with regard to contracts and if they didn' t have one he felt it would be easy to put one in place. He would be very distraught if his City Manager, City Clerk or City Attorney failed to advise him it was time for their contract renewal . Mr. Klein then mentioned the provision in the contracts of buying them out. Mr. Klein then expressed concern with the budget they have in the City and the money being spent. There was a five-minute recess at this time. There was a review at this time of the changes that needed to be made to the contracts . 13 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 City Manager McMahon pointed out that City Attorney Storey did not ask for a pay increase in her contract and would be working for the same money for the next two years . He felt Council may want to consider that. It was confirmed she had not received the 2% pay increase that the other employees received. Councilman Jones asked City Clerk Wadsworth about the retirement section in her contract. City Clerk Wadsworth identified she wanted an option if the City should stop paying for pensions . There was then a discussion regarding the mid-point salary with regard to the City Clerk position. There was discussion amongst Council regarding the changes made to the City Manager and City Attorney contracts being made to the City Clerk contract as well . 4) Preliminary budget discussion City Manager McMahon wanted to introduce an overview of goals he hoped Council would pursue during the workshop in May. He was going to include in the new budget a road paving program, which would be based on one to three miles a year at a cost of $100, 000 per mile which included stormwater. He further commented on his proposal for road paving. He was going to recommend a 1 to 1 4 mill increase to deal with the cost needed for paving and resurfacing. He informed Council if they didn' t get into resurfacing soon the road paving program would expand due to losing the base on some of the roads . City Manager McMahon informed Council they were building up their reserves and the budget was operating well within the framework of what they designed it to. City Manager McMahon then commented on being actively involved with the replacement of vehicles . City Manager McMahon informed Council he has asked all of the department heads to take an intense look at revenues due to losing money on the services the City was providing because their fees were inadequate and did not cover their costs . They would be coming back to Council with a plan for increased revenues, which he felt would offset the need for additional increases beyond what he mentioned to Council tonight. City Manager McMahon asked Council to look at the broad priorities they may want to incorporate in the immediate fiscal year and over the next five years . 14 Council Workshop April 19, 1993 Councilman Hays spoke of developing the 26 acre park system one piece at a time. He felt this was a priority and wanted to see some money allocated to get this started. Councilman Jones agreed. Councilman Hays commented on the number of children in the community verses what they had five years ago and not having adequate park facilities . City Manager McMahon spoke of looking at CDBG money in terms of what their options were. Mayor Hayman brought up the issue of recycling and asked if they would be able to make some headway towards commercial recycling. City Manager McMahon informed him they had bid specs prepared for that and would be coming to Council shortly. Councilman Jones commented on the cost of wood going up and the need to do something in order to make it more affordable for people to build homes . ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to discuss, Councilman Jones moved to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 10 : 13 p.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Bloomer, CMC 15 Council Workshop April 19, 1993