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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 22, 2011 Page 18 Mayor Roe advised that his options did not take that into consideration. Councilmember Pust opined that there were good arguments for reinstating the PIP; but it remained an unknown quantity until someone realistically identified where the $140,000 came from. Working off the Attachment to the revised City Manager-recommended budget (as highlighted), Councilmember Pust suggested the following way to significantly fund the PIP at$140,000: • $28,000 General Building Use, light maintenance by remaining better ste- wards; and opined that if it had been identified as a cost savings, it should be retained. • $50,000 contingency built in • $37,180 and $9,800 = $46,980 for Reduced Police Community Relations Coordinator and Police Community Relations programs and supplies; and funding them from the Communications Fund, with the money freed for the PIP Fund Councilmember Pust noted that this accounted for $125,000 of the $140,000 PIP needs; and expressed her confidence that Mr. Brokke could find an additional $16,000 from temporary wages or shave off the fireworks budget. Councilmemb- er Pust challenged the Parks and Recreation Department to find that additional money to make the PIP funding doable. Councilmember Pust remained open to other options for funding the PIP. Councilmember Pust noted that every time the City raised its tax levy, she kept saying, "it's high;" and noted there were other items to consider(e.g. Fire Station and Master Plan). Councilmember McGehee opined that she continued to have difficulty with the budget process, and efforts to make it sustainable, while providing needed main- tenance. Councilmember McGehee displayed Finance Director Miller's response dated August 15, 2011 (via e-mail) to an e-mail from Councilmember McGehee. Councilmember McGehee referenced her discussions to-date with Mr. Miller, as indicated in his e-mail response; as well as her discussions with City Engineer Debra Bloom regarding utility fees; and the need for $5 per month additional to fund the CIP properly and avoid small cuts in the immediate future; while allow- ing for addressing effective, long-range plans for the community. Councilmember McGehee opined that the fire station was a public safety issue re- quiring immediate discussion; but questioning the impact to the City's existing debt service with bonding for a fire station and the parks needs. In her visits with her constituents Councilmember McGehee, in addition to the re- cently-completed surveys for the community and parks, opined that residents in- dicated their willingness to spend an additional $4-8 for park system improve- ments; and since that is part of the whole community, residents should be willing to spend that same amount to keep the City sustainable going forward.