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Council Minutes of 2/7/2007 repair projects. Also of concern was that no concrete streets were listed on the survey below a 4 rating. Mr. Limpert confirmed that concrete streets will most likely never be below a 4 rating and Mr. Collins said that concrete streets are typically rated a 4 or higher because they have a better base anal because the city works on these streets in-house. There is no difference in rating an asphalt street vs. concrete street, and currently there are 10 asphalt streets and 5 concrete streets on the 2007 schedule. Mr. Tallon asked that Mr. Limpert guarantee that the Laurell Woods development would get a complete concrete slab repair; Mr. Limpert said that he cannot give a guarantee and that he cannot catch every bad slab. Mrs. Jones asked. if there was currently a concrete slab repair list for 2007; Mr. Limpert said that there is no list at this point because a lot of factors can change by May. NIr. Limpert also stated that they cannot use borrowed founds for slab repair. Mr. Miller asked how many concrete streets in the city require a complete tear-out? He believes that Lauren is worse than. a 6. Mr. Limpert said that some roads on the 2007 repair list were prepped in 2006 for repair in 2007. Mr. Miller requested. that .Laurell Lane not be abandoned. Mr. Barker stated that as a Ward Councilman, he can see that each Ward. has different circumstances and. he is willing to accept the lower amount of dollars allocated to his Ward because Council pressed to have a street plan instead. of fighting it out between Council members. He believes this is the most comprehensive street plan he has ever seen. 1VIr. Orlowski said that there is a difference in asphalt streets vs. concrete streets as far as their base goes and he believes the Administration should work on getting a plan together for concrete repair. He asked how many retirees has the Service Department had this year and have they been replaced'? Mr. Limpert said that there have been two retirees and they have not been replaced. due to lack of funding. Mr. Orlowski said that he believes those retirees should be replaced. and then the city should use those employees to continue with the crack sealing that needs to be done. Mr. Limpert said. that last year 10% of the city's streets were crack sealed, more than. ever before. Nlr. Gareau stated that he believes that the city needs a plan to execute the crack sealing that needs to be done -there is a huge amount of preventative maintenance that needs to be done. He also expressed concern over the amount of borrowed funds that we will. use to repair the streets and how large that number is -how will we pay for the debt service? Another area to look into is the possibility of assessing homeowners who live on a street that needs repair. Mr. Miller said that he does not think we have to borrow some of this money because the Finance D~ireetor has~had a large carry over for the last few years -why can't we use some of that money for these projects`? Mr. Limpert replied that the carry over funds are minimal and are automatically appropriated. Mr. Tallon questioned why the replacement of the retirees are nat included in the 2007 budget and Mr. Limpert responded that the cost of health care for employees has gone up 20%, eating away at the budget. M:r. Tallon asked that a plan be created for both concrete slab repair and for crack sealing. He said. crack sealing on Marquette is imperative and that there are homes for sale on those streets that are not selling and he believes that the roads are a factor. He recommends that concrete repair on Laurell and Marcie be put into this ordinance and. let the contractor do the prep-work. Mr. Limpert said that hiring an outside 11