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UNSCHEDULED ITEM NO. 4: REPORT AND ACTION RE: MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT. Staff reported on the actions of the Committee (Councilmen Davey, Grabowski, and City Manager Murl Fritschle) and recommendations of items to be covered by a Management Study. Four consulting firms were named as those from which proposals should be asked. Mayor Helgesson suggested the following items should be added to the list of items proposed by the Committee: (f) Role of City Council in Management. There should be some conditions applied to any scope of work envisioned in the Study. (1) Firm would be prohibited from talking to any Councilman during any phase of the Study. (2) There should be a Time of Completion. (3) The number of copies of the report to be supplied. (4) The qualification of the person assigned to the Study, and (5) The experience of the Firm in this sort of project. Councilman Kubby referred to Councilman Daley's memorandum of August 6, 1972, and in light of that memorandum, would move that the firms of Baxter, McDonald & Company, and A. D. Little be asked to present proposals. Discussi followed at Council level, with comments from the audience. Councilman Davey reported that she and Councilman Miller interviewed the four firms mentioned, and from those meetings, are recommending that Baxter, McDonald & Company, and A. D. Little be asked to present formal proposals. MOTION, SECONDED AMID CARRIED: Councilman Kubby moved, seconded by Miller, and carried by a majority roll call vote, that the firms of Beater, McDonald & Company, and A. D. Little, be invited to present proposals for a Manage- ment Study. Councilman Grobowski and Mayor Helgesson voted "No". A meeting was scheduled for 4:00 P.M., August 17, 1972, for these firms to meet with the City Council; one at 4:00 P.M., and one at 5:00 P.M. UNSCHEDULED TTEi�Y NO. 5: REPORT REORGANIZATION COMMITTEE OF PLANNING FUNCTIONS. Councilman Miller reported that the Reorganization Committee as appointed by the Council met on July 27, and their efforts resulted in the Tentative Chart of Reorganization, Planning Functions, which were mailed out earlier with the Minutes of their meeting. The Planning Commission discussed this Tentative Chart at their July 31st meeting. Commission unanimously concurred that there should be a change, but there was difference of opinion as to how much change. It was the majority consensus that this reorganization was a step in the right direction but that there could be some modification by enlarging the General Plan work to specifically detail such projects as open space, road circulation, landscaping, paths, etc. Since additional meetings of the Reorganization Uammittee will be held, it was agreed that no action be taken by the City Council at this meeting. -2-