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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 08,2011 Page 35 Mayor Roe advised that this was exactly the type of discussion he wanted to have during the City Council's Q and A session with staff. Councilmember Willmus questioned if the City was budgeting in the most trans- parent light possible, given numerous similarities. Mayor Roe opined that, even with knowing how much revenue a particular posi- tion brought in, the City Council needed to make determinations by broader cate- gories, not individual employees. Councilmember Pust advised that she was not taking any position on which way the numbers should be presented; but was stymied by continually receiving new numbers from staff. Councilmember Pust questioned Mr. Miller on the signific- ance of the red numbers in Mr. Miller's Attachments A and B. Mr. Miller apologized for the confusion, noting that they meant nothing special, but provided a way for him to track how and which numbers had changed in the last six (6) months; and apologized that a color copy had been provided in the packet materials, opining that they should have all been black and white. Councilmember Willmus referenced Attachments A and B, specifically 2010 ac- tuals compared with the 2010 budget and apparent significant differences when he went back to other budget documents available on line; some differences to the tune of a hundred dollars; and questioned the difference in actual costs and how resources were reallocated. Mr. Miller advised that he would need to review the 2010 Financial Report pro- vided to the City Council in April or May of 2011 for more detail, and to research areas where specific budgets came in over or under budget, and the reasons for those differences. Mr. Miller advised that sometimes grant revenues received during the year offset costs; and a myriad of other explanations for those differ- ences. Mayor Roe expressed his patience to individual Councilmembers in working through this budget process. 11. Public Hearings 12. Business Items (Action Items) a. Consider City Abatement for Unresolved Violations of City Code at 681 Lo- vell Avenue As previously noted, this item was removed by staff as it has been resolved.