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City Council Regular Meeting - 07/26/04 Minutes - Page 37 to implement funding for doing the survey. Councilmember Ihlan questioned whether a vIsIoning process could be funded through some other part of the budget. Councilmember Maschka responded that the surveys were paid through cable franchise funds. Finance Director Miller confirmed that $200,000 in cable franchise monies were allotted to the communication budget. Councilmember Schroeder opined that the problem with a community visioning process was that the community relied on the information for far too long and the information became obsolete (i.e., the pathways information from Vista 2000). Councilmember Schroeder further opined that if done, they needed to be done more often, and reflect the entire community, not a specialized group. City Manager Beets noted that use of a scientific annual survey addresses process concerns and timing issues, while reaching out to residents to determine needs, priorities and goals of the community in an effort to set policy. Councilmember Schroeder spoke in support of a professional survey with a scientific sampling of residents. Finance Director Chris Miller noted that all Finance Department Budgets (Central Services, General Insurance, Information Technology, License Center, and Lawful Gambling) for 2005 were status quo with only inflationary increase considerations, with two exceptions as noted below. 1) Mr. Miller proposed the addition of one full-time equivalent employee to continue servicing and soliciting the business partnerships with surrounding agencies and/or cities and in order to keep those commitments. Mr. Miller noted that the additional staff person would be paid with monies realized from the business partnerships. 2) Mr. Miller proposed the creation of a % time position for the License Center to allow response to increased traffic at the License Center, specifically related to passport