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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 19,2012 Page 23 Councilmember Johnson concurred; and thanked his fellow Subcommittee members for their fine contributions to what he considered a great effort in the right direction to keep the City on track over the long term. Councilmember Johnson opined that it had been a privilege to work with each of the Subcom- mittee members; and that there had been good feedback to-date from the public; and expressed appreciation to the full body for their buy-in with CIP Subcom- mittee recommendations. Going forward, Councilmember McGehee questioned if it would be possible to have a look ahead, because the public had brought to her attention, to be sure that when major vehicles were replaced (e.g. fire trucks) those allotted budget funds would not simply piggyback on what was set aside for those expenditures. She requested some assurance that there would be a mechanism in place to keep that from happening. Councilmember McGehee suggested that those funds used for major equipment be used to reduce other financial impacts.6 Also, Councilmember McGehee requested that rather than laying all expendi- tures for water, sewer, storm water on fees to be paid by residents, that consid- eration be given to bonding for those expenditures, similar to practice by other communities. Councilmember McGehee opined that this would relieve some of the burden on residents; noting that the City of Roseville's fee for basic water hook up was extremely high compared with other cities. While in overall agreement with the CIP, Councilmember McGehee suggested that some of the burden be shifted from individual residences; and to encourage conservation ef- forts. Mayor Roe clarified that, if there was no plan to purchase another major vehi- cle, there would be no need to set aside that money. However, Mayor Roe not- ed that vehicles would continue to need replacement unless restructuring de- partments or reducing the amount of apparatus needed to serve the public was done, the intent was that those needs would be handled through the CIP policy. Mayor Roe emphasized that the purpose of an annual set aside for CIP needs was intended to stabilize annual needs versus levy increase spikes. Mayor Roe noted that the increase in water and sewer fees had been a policy decision of the City Council majority; and whether or not that rate structure changed would be up to future City Councils. Therefore, Mayor Roe advised that he would not be willing to memorialize such a stipulation in this proposed action. In response to Councilmember McGehee's concern with water, sewer and storm water needs as part of the CIP process, Councilmember Johnson and Mayor Roe advised that those needs were taken into account working within the structures given.