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Regular City Council Meeting <br />May 12,2003 <br />Page 8 <br /> <br />Councilwoman Neeley said the question is, if you are on board, does OMI <br />take the responsibility for doing the study and come to the City Council and <br />make recommendations about rates needed or is the city still going to need <br />to have outside consultants come in and do that? Ms. Ross stated that if you <br />want them to take over that responsibility they have the capability to do that, <br />but usually don't, but they could. They would certainly give their opinion, <br />but you may still have to use outside consultants. <br /> <br />Mayor Fendley asked if that was one of the items provided in their scope of <br />services. Ms. Ross said it is one of their services. He also wanted to know <br />if Ms. Ross had provided the Subcommittee a listing of the type of services <br />offered. Ms. Ross advised that she actually has the marketing packet that <br />has all of the scope of services, not only for OMI but for the whole family <br />of companies, and she said she would provide those for the City Council. <br /> <br />Councilman McCarthy wanted to know if there are other companies like <br />OMI. Ms. Ross said that there were and OMI is the second largest in terms <br />of revenue and they are the largest in Texas. Councilman McCarthy asked <br />that, when a city decides to go with OMI, how long does it take. Ms. Ross <br />advised that it varies, it can be as quick as you want it to be, or as deliberate <br />as you want it to be. It can be a few weeks up to a year for a large city. <br />Councilman McCarthy want to know if there were references from other <br />cities. Ms. Ross said yes, they have a whole list of clients that they service <br />right now and they have on that list the client contact that you can call those <br />cities, and that list has been provided to the City Attorney and to the Water <br />and Sewer Subcommittee. She said they can also provide that to the City <br />Council. Councilman McCarthy wanted to know the average length of <br />their contracts. Ms. Ross said their average length use to be about five <br />years, but now more and more cities are entering into longer term contracts, <br />such as 10 and 20 years, so that average is 8 to 9 years. <br /> <br /> <br />