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151. Regular Meeting May 13, 2002 Page 8 recommendations is in the memo dated March 21, 2002. Sgt. Caldwell stated Staff feels the best recommendation is to hire a parking manager, and overhaul our current enforcement system, which is currently the chalk and walk system. He stated the parking manager position would be to focus on the needs, concerns of parking and to supervise the parking team, rather than spreading this function out across City departments. Ms. Tatum inquired if the parking manager position would be additional personnel or changing the job description of a current City employee. Mr. Gilley stated the parking manager position could be accomplished with little or no additional costs by modifying the functions and duties of other parking enforcement personnel. Mr. Mihalkanin stated since the City owns boots, he would like Staff to provide number of times boots have been used. Mr. Mihalkanin stated he thought when the City purchased the hand held computers this was to eliminate the chalk and walk system. Chief Griffith stated the officers found it took more time to enter information into the hand held computers than to chalk. Ms. Hughson stated she thought the hand held computers were being used to find repeat offenders and used in combination with chalking. Sgt. Caldwell stated the hand held computers have improved efficiency from a tracking perspective, but inefficient for enforcement. Mr. Gilley stated Staff needs direction from Council regarding whether or not to continue with the automation of the system, and off-street parking by negotiation to purchase properties for additional parking. Council agreed to proceed with recommendations in the memo dated March 21, 2002 from Chief Griffith and Sgt. Caldwell. Mayor Chiu introduced a discussion regarding an appointment of an Interim City Manager. Mr. Gilley recommended the Council appoint a current city director to serve as Interim City Manager until Council can hire a City Manager on a permanent basis. Mr. Mihalkanin stated he was interested in the Council contracting with an Interim City Manager from outside the City organization to take the City through the budget process. Ms. Tatum stated she feels it would be better to appoint a director on a short-term basis and hire a City Manager as soon as possible. Mr. Mayhew stated he does not want to rush the hiring process and feels the Council should hire a consulting firm to aid in the search. Mr. Mihalkanin stated the directors are busy, and he is concerned about taking them away from their departments and prefers to hire a retired City Manager to serve as Interim City Manager on a longer-term basis. Ms. Tatum stated by hiring a retired City Manager, they would then need time to be trained on our budget process as well as other procedures. She also feels there would by more advantages by appointing a director, since there would be no need for a training period, and a director would already know the other directors and employees. Mr. Mihalkanin and Ms. Hughson both stated they would like to hire an outside person as Interim City Manager. Mr. Montoya stated he does not have a preference to hiring outside the City organization or appointing a director as Interim City Manager. It was consensus of Mayor Chiu, Mr. Cox, Mr. Mayhew and Ms. Tatum to appoint a director as Interim City Manager. Mayor Chiu introduced a discussion regarding the City Council's Report.