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Elk River City Council Meeting October 25, 1993 Page 10 --------------------- e city Clerk Sandra Thackeray noted'that the City Council recently voted to adopt a policy that would eliminate automatic reappointment of Commission and Board members. She noted that staff has drafted a written policy which follows Council's directions. After reviewing the policy, it was the consensus of the Council that the written policy be adopted. Councilmember Scheel noted that all Commissions and Boards should be informed of the policy. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER APPOINTMENT POLICY. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. MOVED TO ADOPT THE BOARD AND COMMISSION COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE 6.5. Review Summary of Expenditures for Building Project City Hall/Police Department Finance Director Lori Johnson distributed a project cost summary of the Elk River City Hall and Police facility. Lori Johnson noted that there was a project surplus for the City Hall/Police facility of $74,751. The total project was about 2.9 million dollars. 6.6. Designation of Funds e City Administrator Pat Klaers noted that the City recently obtained $15,000 from the sale of City owned property north of the MnDOT site. The City Administrator recommended the the City Council begin reserving funds within the Equipment Reserve fund for major equipment repairs. He recommended that the money available from the selling of this land be put into this type of fund. The City Administrator noted that early in 1993, the City defeased a public improvement bond. He stated that bond defeasement money comes from public improvement projects and recommended that these monies be designated into the Capital Projects fund to allow the City to continue subsidizing street redevelopment and improvement projects. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER MOVED TO DESIGNATE THE MONEY FROM THE DEFEASEMENT OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. COUNCILMEMBER FARBER THE CITY'S LAND SALE EQUIPMENT REPAIRS. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. MOVED TO DESIGNATE THE APPROXIMATE $15,000 FROM TO THE EQUIPMENT RESERVE FUND TO BE USED FOR MAJOR COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE 6.7. Authorization to Purchase Computer Equipment e Finance Director Lori Johnson noted that the City purchased its existing IBM System 36 computer system in the fall of 1988, with the anticipation that the useful life of the system would be five years. She noted that at this time there is a need to update the equipment to improve efficiency. Lori Johnson noted that the estimated amount for the software and equipment will be about $40,000. She noted that because the hardware cost and the software costs will both be under $25,000 each, formal bids are not required. She further indicated she