Minutes - Council Work Session - 06/06/2023 - Special Strategic Planning

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Councilmember Riley suggested just being mindful of how they would like to do this differently moving forward. He acknowledged that they are too far along to implement a new budgetary procedure now, but as they are going through this together they would be mindful of how they would want to do this next year. Councilmember Specht added that they could try to find something that they could tie this to that would make sense for the percentage. Finance Director Lund asked how they are looking at the budget and stated that there are a few CIP projects in the budget that total over $900,000. She stated that there are already contracts in place and noted that there are a lot of steps in these items. She stated that Police Officers are going from 54 holiday hours to 104 hours. She said that all of these things add up very quickly so if they are capped at a certain percent it would not be doable with what has already been approved. Councilmember Riley noted that seeing what they have already committed to and what is the additional ask will help frame their discussions. Finance Director Lund noted that with the patching coming in to play this year more funds have already been committed. She said that there will be an increase just to stay on for improvements. She added that there are a lot of large ticket items out there that add up very quickly in regard to the general fund. City Administrator Hagen stated that they will work through this and breakdown what has already been approved and what items are high priority. Mayor Kuzma stated that he had another resident yell at him about potholes today. City Administrator Hagen asked if anything is missing from the plan or if Council was happy with where the plan is. He asked if they want to see this at another work session or if it can just go on a consent agenda at a regular Council meeting. Mayor Kuzma stated that this has been pared down to a reasonable and achievable task from where they have been in the last few years. He added that there is a lot more in this plan than there has been in the past. He stated that he is comfortable with the plan. Councilmember Musgrove stated that she would like to see this at another work session just to see all of the new things added together. She noted that they would not need to have a lot of discussion on this, she would just like to see the complete plan before it goes to consent. She shared that she agrees with Mayor Kuzma especially now that they are six months into the year that there is a sufficient amount of items to work with. She mentioned that one of the values is ‘treating people with respect and fairness’ and asked about changing the word ‘treating’ to ‘serving.’ She explained that as a customer service industry, she thinks ‘serving’ is more fitting. Councilmember Howell agreed with changing the word to ‘serving.’ City Council Special Work Session /June 6, 2023 Page 12 of 13