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City Council Regular Meeting - 07/26/04 Minutes - Page 38 issuance and car/truck dealership licensing. Mr. Miller noted that the position would be paid through user fees and non property tax dollars. Mr. Miller noted that exit strategies had been identified for both positions. Discussion included the types and amount of profit realized from the License Center operation; beneficiaries of those profits; and value-added services provided by the City of Roseville, creating increased volume and respect within the service areas represented. Mayor Klausing opened the discussion for public comment. Dan Roe, 2100 Avon Street Mr. Roe spoke to City Manager Beet's recommendation for incentive pay, from a private sector perspective, encouraging care in providing fair incentives making sure that everyone was eligible to prevent resentment among employees. Mr. Roe suggested that, if the incentives were approved by the City Council, have the employees involved in developing job performance issues. Mr. Roe concluded by noting that incentive pay was difficult to budget for, and suggested that perhaps encouraging departments to come in under their annual allotted budget could serve as an incentive itself (similar to profit sharing plans in the private sector), and the savings pooled, and distributed to eligible employees based on a percentage of their Income. John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that multi-tier salaries were inadvisable in the public sector where salaries were public information. Mr. Kysylyczyn noted that while public employees were not paid as much as private sector employees, there were other benefits they realized (i.e., paid holidays and job security). Mr. Kysylyczyn questioned whether an incentive program would be applicable to non-union staff, as performance benchmarks in union positions were easily identified. Mr. Kysylyczyn opined that community surveys, in general, had proven nothing less than a complete waste of taxpayer funds.