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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - January 15, 1975 SPECIAL REPORTS (cont'd): MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilwoman Miller moved, seconded by Mayor Grabowski and unanimously approved that the City Manager be directed to prepare preliminary applications for funds available in as many categories as possible for traffic and safety purposes to be submitted before January 20th, based on the Traffic and Public Safety Committee recommendations. Office Gordon Penfoid then presented Council with the results of the traffic survey to date, how the survey was accomplished, and his findings to date. He said the study was incomplete, pending the Town's application for grant funds to complete the survey. After questions directed to Officer Penfold by Council members concerning possible changes in the speed limit on various roads, the consensus of Council was that further studies should be done because of road conditions in some areas of the Town; the need for a sign inventory, and other related aspects of such a survey before any Council action was taken. D. STAFF REPORTS, CORRESPONDENCE AND ANP40UNCEMENTS: None E. SPECIAL ORDERS: 1. Planning Services - Approval of Agreement: Councilwoman Miller moved, seconded by Mayor Grabowski, that the contract for Planning Consultant services between the Town and Villiam Spangle & Associates be approved until April 15, 1975, and that the City Manager be directed to prepare a position specification and recommended salary range for Council consideration at the meeting of January 29, 1975. Councilman Cheney expressed concern over the possibility that increasing the Staff would open the door to "increase the Staff to support the increase in Staff." He said that the Manager should be aware, in his pursuit of investigating a Staff. Planner, that all aspects of what that position would cost the Town should be presented so that Council would have the opportunity to evaluate a Staff Planner versus a Planning Consultant. He said he would like to see both the advantages and the disadvantages of the two conflicting approaches. He thought the matter should be clearly identified if there was to be a change in the present set-up. The Mayor noted for the record that he had talked with Hr. Mader from William Spangle & Associates, and both had agreed that all avenues of dialogue had been exhausted, and there was no need for him to be at the meeting this evening. Councilman McReynolds stated that he did not believe that all avenues of dialogue had been exhausted. fie supported Councilman Cheney's comments and said he would like to see an impartial and professionally prepared analysis presented to Council before action is taken which would bear out -3-