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City Council Study Session - 03/20/06 Minutes - Page 18 employee flexibility and to encourage better employee management and a sense of ownership of PTO; and providing an incentive for honesty with PTO. Councilmember Pust requested that staff seek the City Attorney review and opinion on the proposed plan. Councilmember Ihlan requested the additional information provided by staff include a quick summary of reasons why this is a good thing from an employee and an employer perspective, and the advantages and disadvantages for both entities. Staff was directed to provide additional information to the City Council based on tonight's discussion. 8. Discuss Council Budgeting Process Finance Director Chris Miller advised that the internal staff 2007 budgeting process would begin in April. Mr. Miller sought early guidance for Council preference for the process. Mr. Miller reviewed the traditional process in determining an acceptable percentage increase and allocating funds proportionally to existing programs and services; and the previously discussed alternative option, as outlined by City Manager Beets at an earlier meeting, for budgeting for outcomes. Mr. Miller reviewed the steps necessary for such an alternative: 1) Setting the price of government; 2) Setting the priorities of government; 3) Pricing the priorities and allocating available resources; and 4) Developing a purchasing plan for each result. Mr. Miller detailed the various steps with this alternative; and provided a graph depicting the price of government in Roseville over the past ten years using that calculation method (per-capita revenue received divided by per-capita income). Mr. Miller noted that not all City's programs and/or services could be evaluated and "bid-out" at the same time; and that steps would need to be taken to ensure that legally restricted funds were used in the manner in which they had been prescribed. Mr. Council Budgeting Process