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City website for information on public and private development. He added that the City does use <br />QR codes but they have not implemented them for development updates yet. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma suggested also adding QR codes in the trails system for maps. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht stated that he likes this idea. He suggested having QR codes at the parks <br />that can direct someone to the history of the park on the website. He stated that this does not need <br />to be a part of the strategic plan but it could fall under communication. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen discussed the next item of implementing policy striving for less <br />regulation of residents. He stated that they should keep this in mind as part of the overall policy. <br />He discussed implementing a beginning percentage increase to the general fund levy increase <br />excluding pavement management, EDA, and debt service. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell stated that starting with a lower percentage is a good idea. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley stated that he does not like when they start with a wish list that clearly <br />includes a lot of things that they do not expect to ever include in a budget. He would like to at least <br />start with a realistic budget. He added that he has pushed for years to tie the budget to some <br />inflation adjusted number. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove stated that she likes the idea. She asked if it would have to be done the <br />year after it was tied to new housing as it takes a while for new houses to come onto the tax roll. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley agreed that this could work. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma stated that they can look at a beginning percentage; however; once they go through <br />and figure out what the actual needs are this would dictate the rate they come in at. He stated that <br />when they go through budgets year after year there are not a lot of items that can be removed. He <br />added that Staff has always done a great job cutting as much as they can. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht said that he would like to see more of a consensus on this where they are <br />not such a split Council on the budget. He stated that he agrees that there are a lot of needs in the <br />budget. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell agreed with Councilmember Riley and shared she would be in support of <br />moving forward with something like that. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen stated that the first draft of the budget is pretty well complete for this <br />year. He noted that they could better identify the needs and the wants. He said that there is not a <br />lot of time to get the budget reworked. He noted that they can talk about this and figure it out <br />before next year’s budget. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma stated that he thinks the Staff needs to put together their first draft of the budget so <br />that they can see where they are coming at this. <br /> <br />City Council Special Work Session /June 6, 2023 <br />Page 11 of 13 <br /> <br />