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Regular Council Meeting October 28, 2013 Page 4 15. Discuss a possible personnel audit and provide direction to staff. Council Member Wright said he made this request when Mr. Godwin first came to Paris. He said the City had 325 budgeted employees and at the end of September had 17 people from Hiring Partners and the amount of money paid plus benefits was Eighteen - Million, Fourteen Thousand Seven - Hundred and Sixty -Six Dollars ($18,014,766.00), and he felt it was important enough that they consider this as part of their budget making process and they did not. Mr. Godwin direction was needed from the Council as to whether or not they wanted staff to issue a request for proposals and if so, how much detail. Council Member Wright said the City had some excellent employees, but there might be instances where some employees would be more valuable in other positions. He suggested that someone outside be brought in to do the audit. Council Member Grossnickle inquired of Mr. Godwin if he thought there was a lot of fluff. Mr. Godwin said he had not seen a lot of fluff and in fact, staff was quite a bit smaller than in the past. Council Member Wright asked Mr. Godwin if he had conducted a personnel audit. Mr. Godwin said staff did begin a survey of other cities and not all of the information had been analyzed. Council Member Grossnickle said he would like to conduct the audit in- house, because of the $30,000 to $80,000 fee. He said if they were not sure they have adequate data, then they could seek an outside audit. Council Members Frierson and Drake agreed with Council Member Grossnickle. Council Member Wright questioned how one could be objective when performing a self - evaluation. Mr. Godwin suggested that a couple of Council Members might want to work with staff. It was a consensus for the personnel audit to be conducted in -house with Council Members Wright and Frierson working with staff. 16. Receive presentation from Shawn Napier on MyGov Permitting Software. Mr. Napier explained that staff began setting up software in September 2012 and included modules of code enforcement, request tracker, permits and inspections and contractor registration. He said that staff had been working with MyGov staff and hoped to have the process completed by the end of the year. Mr. Napier said the cost was $2,000.00 per month 17. Consider and approve future events for City Council and/or City Staff pursuant to Resolution No. 2004 -081. Mayor Hashmi asked Mr. Godwin to give the Council information about a recycling program at the next Council meeting. Mayor Hashmi referenced the upcoming holidays and said if it was okay with everyone, that Council would not meet on November 25th and move their December meetings to December 2 nd and December 16th