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Page 2 of 2 expenditures and for some matching funds for grants. In looking at the financial plan, staff sees a need to set up a reserve for park improvements. This fund would then be a funding source for items which are included in the CIP. • Another area is street improvement funding. We corrected the structural problems in the budget in 2014 and discontinued the $200,000 transfer from the General Fund to the PIR and moved the street maintenance items from the PIR to the General Fund Streets department – this was basically a wash as the amounts were close to the same amount. For 2016 we reestablished $100,000 in transfers from the General Fund to the PIR Fund but in looking at the financial plan, staff sees a need to either find a funding source to build up reserves for this fund or increase the amount to $200,000. • As a step in creating a quality budget document, performance measures/service indicators should be established for each department. Some of these may come about as a result of the community survey (if one is done) as areas that the Council would like to improve. Goals and objectives also need to be established for each department. These would need to be established in 2017, then in subsequent years actual performance can be tracked to show progress against these goals. This would provide Council and the public another tool to evaluate city services. Staff would appreciate input from the Council on this matter. Recommended Action: Staff is seeking direction from the Council as it continues with the 2017 Budgeting process.