A. CALL TO ORDER BY PRESIDING OFFICER 10 Councilor French read instructions to citizens wishing to testify... Mayor Bemis called the Gresham City Council Business meeting to o... Mairi Scott Aguirre Interim Principal, introduced Tommy Nguyen as... Mike Fogarty presented testimony regarding the safety of the peop... B-2 Mayor Bemis read the Consent Agenda. 1. EVALUATION OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE ... 7:10pm 3. GREAT YOUNG CITIZEN – CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL 1. CITIZEN AND COMMUNITY GROUP COMMENTS 10 Katherine Kelly, Comprehensive Planning Manager,&nbsp;introduced ... Steve Fancher, Director Department Environmental Services,&nbsp;i... 1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOMENT OF SILENCE Councilor Stegmann thanked Mr. Anderson for the&nbsp;work he does... Mr. Stahl presented the staff report (PowerPoint Presentation Exh... 2. INSTRUCTIONS TO CITIZENS ON SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY RE... Councilor Echols asked with so many new people on the commission ... Councilor Echols referred to the one-time transition costs, ident... 3. GREAT YOUNG CITIZEN – CENTENNIAL HIGH SCHOOL Mr. Anderson responded there is really not a training process, pe... C. CONSENT AGENDA 5 Council actions are taken in one motion on Co... Mr.&nbsp;Stahl responded the billing revenue generation would rem... Councilor Echols asked if the new Commissioners meet with the Cit... Motion to Approve <p>CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-4.</p>&nb... Councilor Echols is asking if there will be any&nbsp;internal cos... Mr. Ris said city&nbsp;law training is a standard part for all ne... Vote to Approve <p>CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS C-1 THROUGH C-4.</p> (App... Mr. Stahl stated currently the Wastewater Treatment Plant is doub... Councilor Widmark recognized the Mr. Anderson has served on the C... Councilor Echols stated the savings of&nbsp;$560 thousand is a 14... Councilor Widmark said the work of the Planning Commission makes ... Mr. Stahl said if you look at it in the frame of a rate adjustmen... G. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Councilor French said the Planning Commission is a great team. Councilor Echols said if we were to bring this in-house, we are p... Mr. Stahl stated yes, we would have a reduction of the expense on... Councilor Echols referred to slide 8, cost history showing the av... Mr. Fancher said we come to Council in certain years&nbsp;looking... Councilor Echols asked if the wastewater is&nbsp;listed out separ... Mayor Bemis referred to&nbsp;slide 13 option two, issue RFP for p... Mayor Bemis referred to option three in which&nbsp;we save $560 t... Mayor Bemis said&nbsp;3-4% increase per year is pretty manageable... Mr. Fancher said if we look back at the&nbsp;last 10 years or so ... Mayor Bemis asked what drives the $560,000 savings and is that su... Mr. Fancher said from the analysis we have looked at, because thi... Mayor Bemis asked if the&nbsp;labor force is unionized that would... Councilor French asked if we have or&nbsp;will we have the expert... Mr. Fancher said&nbsp;yes. We would anticipate the majority of em... Mr. French asked what rolling&nbsp;stock means.<br />Mr. Stahl sa... Councilor French asked if there are any future investments needed... Councilor Hinton asked if staff anticipates losing any current em... Councilor Hinton asked if it would be difficult to hire employees... Councilor Hinton asked how much further capacity of growth is at ... Councilor Hinton asked if we have contiguous property that could ... Councilor Stegmann referred to slide 10 and asked if&nbsp;the Eis... Mr. Fancher said&nbsp;if we are looking to hire 4 or 5 individual... Councilor Widmark asked if the current workforce is a&nbsp;separa... Councilor Widmark said in your opening comments you indicated tha... Councilor Widmark asked if there might be&nbsp;any potential chan... Councilor Echols referred to&nbsp;option 2 and asked what the cos... Councilor Echols stated&nbsp;Veolia's only other large municipali... Mayor Bemis said he would like to look at the report, read it, an... Mayor Bemis said Council understands the urgency in getting this ... Councilor Stegmann said option 3 would be preferable to her.