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Regular City Council Meeting <br />July 14,2003 <br />Page 25 <br /> <br />to see if it could be. He couldn't understand the cost of the pipe when the city <br />is paying 50% premiums on that one job and paying a 30% premium on the <br />cost of labor and the city is saving a 6% to 8% premium on city engineer work <br />based on the information that you have. Mr. Napier said it was anywhere from <br />8% to 12% on engineering and then the bid bond. Councilman Bell said we are <br />paying out 50% more to save 12%. He said that somewhere, this does not <br />compute and his concern is do we have other projects; how do we get to the <br />bottom of this; and where is the bottom, and then why. <br /> <br />Councilwoman Neeley said she would like to see something current. <br />Councilman Bell asked what was the last project completed. Mr. Napier said <br />4th S.E. and the Civic Center. Councilman Bell asked if they could request as <br />a Council to have the same open record information. <br /> <br />Councilman Bell said it was his understanding that this information was <br />originally requested on May 29, 2003, and data is still outstanding. City <br />Attorney Schenk said that the information that was requested was not requested <br />by Mr. Bray. Councilman Bell said it was Beverly Walters who was the <br />requester. City Attorney Schenk said that particular request was going to <br />require a great deal of time to pull the records together and the statutes allows <br />the city to request a deposit to defray the cost of providing that information. <br />To do that, staff had to estimate the work that was done by each respective <br />department and what the cost would be. The City Attorney advised that the <br />city has provided all of the Engineering Department information, and at the <br />same time, the Finance Department had a couple of people out and they were <br />the ones to research those records. He said going through the checks will be <br />labor intensive. <br /> <br />Mr. Anderson came forward advising that there are a number of projects that <br />extended over a number of years and they wanted copies of checks and all of <br />those bank statements had to be gone through and copies made. He said he has <br />been short staffed with people out on maternity leave and illness, which makes <br />it almost impossible for him to find time to pull someone off regular duties to <br /> <br /> <br />