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Regular Council Meeting May 23, 2022 Page 7 Mr. Path said at this time, option 2 would be the best and it was important to note that the City would be picking up the same amount of trash but in one trip instead of two trips. Mr. Path emphasized that the service was not being reduced, as the service would remain the same. Mayor Portugal commended City Staff and noted that out of the twelve cities included in the comparison, that only four were run by the City. She said she thought the City should start looking at privatizing the sanitation department. Council Member Savage said he would like to get information about privatization. Mr. Path said the City could go out for RFPs but that it could be a six-month process. He asked that they not begin that process until they get through the budget process. Council Member Savage said they may have to lift some of the restrictions for the hiring process and Mr. Path said they had been extensively reviewing the screening process. Council Member Pankaj said he hated to continue down this path and lose more employees. He agreed that they needed to look at privatization. Council Member Knox inquired what staff thought about option 2. Mr. Path said the Public Works staff were the ones who came up with option 2. Council Member Knox said she had previously brought up privatization and this was one-step closer in that direction. Council Member Pilgrim said he hated it but he supported it. He also said the idea of privatization was brought up several years ago but was shut down by a petition. He also said a private company had the equipment, could afford to pay their employees and the City was competing with private companies. Council Member Pilgrim said it looked like privatization was at the end of this deal, and at that time maybe, they could go to back to trash pickup two days a week. Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes expressed support in moving from two days a week to one day a week, citing it was important to keep employee morale up. Council Member Savage emphasized the City was not cutting service but was just reducing from twice a week pick-up to once a week pick-up. Mayor Pro -Tem Hughes asked Mr. Path to look at privatization and bring back numbers to the City Council. Mr. Path said he would do so and asked that he have time to get through the budget process and then gather the information. Council Member Moore said as a business owner, she believed in taking care of the employees. A Motion to approve this item was made by Council Member Pankaj and seconded by Council Member Knox. Motion carried, 7 ayes — 0 nays. 24. Discuss and possibly act on procedures for conducting annual evaluations of the city manager, city attorney and municipal judge. Council Member Pankaj said at the last meeting they were going to discuss this, but wanted to wait until they had the entire Council present. He also said that Mr. Path had provided them with a form last year and inquired if the two other employees want to do the same. He suggested they come up with a deadline to get this done. Mayor Portugal said that Mayor Pro - Tem Hughes and Council Member Pankaj had volunteered to work on this, and asked if someone else wished to volunteer. Council Member Savage volunteered to help with this.