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Council Minutes of 2/3/2(104 Councilman Gareau completed the Finance Committee report: • Discussion continued on Ordinance 2004-5 with Mrs. Copfer suggesting that there should be a modification of the salary range for the individual who currently possesses the only position staffed within the computer division. The salary range is currently between $16,125 and $35,446. It is anticipated that he will ascend from his current position into the newly created position. Mrs. Copfer aptly summed it up and questioned whether the new position commanded a range increase given the increase in responsibilities and duties. She suggested a salary range of between $35,000 and $50,000, which was not agreed to at that point. Mr. Limpert made a recommendation that the bottom range be $31,000. Mr. Miller suggested a more modest top range figure with a concern that, in the event the position goes unfilled for a period of time, often money will accumulate and an individual can be hired at a higher rate of compensation than Council initially would have agreed upon. He suggested a range of $31,000 to perhaps $36,000. Mrs. Copfer again suggested a lower range with the Mayor finally chiming in at $33,000 to $45,000. Mr. Jesse made a good point that we should keep in mind that the experience of the individual currently holding the position is a valuable asset to the city-he "knows where the wires are." In the past, when individuals with experience and knowledge leave the city, it has a very significant impact on our operations. Mrs. Farver indicated she had contacted Westlake because they have done a salary range survey to find out what network administrators were being compensated in other communities. It was a wide range. They found a low of approximately $41,000 and even a high of $87,000 in Shaker Heights. Mr. Gareau suggested a range of $33,000 to $45,000, and that range was recommended by the committee. • Ordinance 2004-8, which is an ordinance authorizing the Director of Finance to request proposals from Information System consultants to provide computer services for the City of North Olmsted, further authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the computer consultant selected in the IZFP process and declaring an emergency. The Personnel Director indicated that she felt that most services could be accomplished through a purchase order system as opposed to outsourcing. Mrs. Copfer confirmed that this is in fact what we've been doing in the past when we have situations come about. She has the authority to enter into such service agreements through purchase orders as opposed to exclusive contracts. She said that we may find ourselves to be in a bit of a spot if we go looking for a, "one-stop guru," meaning one individual who might be able to meet all of our computer outsourcing needs. She pointed out that our current computer division also works with telephones. We also work with the cable system, so one individual company or person may not be able to meet all of our needs. Mrs. Copfer also discussed the subject of maintenance support contracts. It may be more efficient for us to actually use software maintenance support contracts for some of our various operating systems than to enter into a one sole provider for purposes of computer needs. Mrs. Farver acknowledged there is a concern as to whether we can accomplish this at a lower cost by using maintenance agreements. She has asked our individual on staff to prepare a list of needs and how to better meet them. Since the Finance Director, Personnel Director and Mayor would be addressing how to proceed in the very near future, it was the consensus of ~. the committee to hold the matter in committee pending some information to be 6