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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 22,2011 Page 10 Councilmember Willmus referenced the City Manager documents that appeared to increase personnel services for the newsletter by roughly that same amount; and opined that was causing his questioning of the intent. Mayor Roe suggested that this was one of the areas needing further tweaking from allocation of those items in 2011. Finance Director Miller concurred, noting that the intent was to repurpose some of Ms. Curti's time to the City's Communication function. City Manager Malinen concurred, advising that it was not the intent to allocate additional funds to the newsletter; but to reallocate to the City's records manage- ment program. Mayor Roe questioned if the records management increased a corresponding amount; with Councilmember Pust noting that it did not, that it only appeared to go up $100.00. City Manager Malinen advised that staff would review that item and make appro- priate corrections. Councilmember Johnson advised that, while originally missing the highlighted document in his packet, that document addressed the majority of his concerns; and for the most part, he opined that those changes were very responsive to some of his original questions and concerns, and those voiced by the community about not wanting to lose the soul of the community. Councilmember Johnson opined that this revised City Manager-recommended budget put the soul back into the community. Councilmember Johnson advised that he continued to have concerns with the PIP program slated for complete abolishment to be addressed through the CIP and other efforts. Before being comfortable with that issue, Councilmember Johnson advised that, as he had addressed in his recent e-mail to Finance Director Miller and causing Mr. Miller to continue running a lot of numbers to accommodate his requests which he appreciated, he was suggesting that the CIP Task Force meet and demonstrate to his Parks and Recreation colleagues and advocates, how the parks program could be laid out as it should be, thus creating no reason to contin- ue the PIP. Councilmember Johnson advised that Mr. Brokke had provided the CIP Task Force with the department's capital needs; and he asked for this addi- tional step just to satisfy himself that the intent was being accomplished. City Manager Malinen confirmed that the $45,000 was still in the PIP, originally at $185,000; with the rationale being that it was intended to provide a significant investment for facilities. Mr. Malinen opined that, during his tenure to-date, a lot of the improvements made were facility-related. •