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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 05, 2011 Page 20 Councilmember Pust clarified that by not funding the list of potential items it didn't represent "found" money, " but could be used to keep taxes lower and not raising the tax levy. Councilmember Willmus advised that he was amenable to Mayor Roe's sugges- tion to use reserve funds for those two identified one-time expenditures. Councilmember McGehee reviewed the numerous impacts to taxpayers in 2012, and the suggestions from public testimony for alternative revenue options, and re- iterated her past comments on the need for shared-service bids for public safety that could create additional revenue for other projects. Councilmember McGehee expressed frustration that the City Council was not looking at other alternatives, but only discussion staff; and opined that the City Council needed to think about how they treated staff. Mayor Roe concurred that, indeed, the City Council should consider how it treat- ed staff. If Councilmember McGehee was interested in pursuing public safety bids, Mayor Roe suggested that she present motion to move forward accordingly. Councilmember Willmus sought clarification from Mayor Roe on potential sav- ings on personnel related to health insurance ($100,000) and the wellness program savings of($18,000). Mayor Roe responded that, the City Manager-recommended budget set prelimi- narily not-to-exceed 4%, could be further reduced to 1.8% with that $118,000 re- duction; and with further reductions as previously discussed could be further re- duced to less than 1%. Mayor Roe responded that, the City Manager-recommended budget produced a levy increase of 1.8%. With that $118,000 health care budget cost reduction, and adding none of the proposed increases in spending on page 1 of the RCA, the levy increase could be further reduced to less than 1%. Mayor Roe respectfully disagreed with Councilmember McGehee's perspective, opining that the City Council's proposal included putting aside funding at $800,000 effective in 2012 as part of the CIP to refund and refurbish the CIP, in- cluding ongoing capital maintenance costs. With that schedule intact, Mayor Roe advised that at the end of that twenty (20) year projection, the City should be in a position to adequately fund those needs on an ongoing basis. Councilmember McGehee noted the point of the parks bond issue and elimination of the PIP was for a proposal to build six (6) new buildings, that would need staff;