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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 19, 2012 Page 20 it on to the customer. This would allow some flexibility to achieve the goal and retain a level consumer fee. Mayor Roe referenced (page 3 of 4 under Preliminary CIP Budget) the state- ment regarding items listed in the CIP or 2013 CIP not equated to the funding amount in the budget, or that set-aside versus expenditures. Mayor Roe sug- gested the budget include revenue averages on an annual basis as well as reflect- ing expenditures on an annual basis. Finance Director Miller noted that the City Council could do so; however, the budget would then experience huge fluctuations. Historically, Mr. Miller ad- vised that the City has shown averaged out expenditures, and while perhaps not clear in the documents, staff was not changing the City's practice, nor trying to count things twice. Mayor Roe advised that his concern was to have operating and capital budgets with an understanding that the operating budget is a balance of expenditures an- nually. While this may be the best way to address it, Mayor Roe sought clarifi- cation on what the expenditure line item in the budget was if an annual CIP amount was averaged. Mayor Roe advised that his intent was to ensure the budget adequately reflected and accounted for how best people could track it. Councilmember Willmus noted receipt of a bench handout from Recycling Co- ordinator Pratt entitled "Comparison: Total Residential Recycling — Curbside, Multi-Unit, and Municipally-Sponsored Drop-Off Sites and Clean-up Events: pounds of Recycling per Household per Year, 2011." Regarding those rates, Councilmember Willmus questioned the accuracy of current rates and future projected rates. City Manager Malinen advised that the intent in sharing this with the City Council was for that particular column as referenced by Councilmember Willmus, was to provide a comparison across Ramsey County with other recy- cling fees by municipalities as reflected, with Roseville still the lowest rate. Mayor Roe noted a consideration was needed to recognize that there may have been other changes in those other communities as well since 2011. Finance Director Miller, attempting to link one more item, noted that in 2012, Eureka charges were $2.58 for pick-up, and in 2013 were at $2.63 per month, or $7.89 per quarter. Mr. Miller noted that the City charged residents $6.20 per quarter, with the difference made up by revenue sharing and the SCORE grant. Mayor Roe thanked Mr. Miller for responses to tonight's discussion, and the materials as presented and detailed.