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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 07,2013 Page 14 Mayor Roe noted that none of the proposals would preclude a full City Council discussion, using the CIP Task Force as an example, allowing the Subcommittee to delve into a lot more detail beyond a work session format without the more formal meeting process, and allowing for a more detailed analysis that could then be synthesized for City Council discussion, with the subcommittees not taking any formal action, simply making recommendations to the full body after their exhaustive research. Discussion ensued on subcommittee advantages, using previous subcommittee re- sults for liquor and pet licensing as examples. Mayor Roe suggested that, until more discussion was held on the Rules Subcom- mittee, no action be taken on that at this point, either whether it would be a stand- ing or ad hoc subcommittee; and sought interest from individual Councilmembers on the other two (2) standing subcommittees. Councilmember McGehee expressed her interest in participating in the CIP Sub- committee;however, she questioned if the documents needed annual review. Mayor Roe noted that the previous CIP Subcommittee had already made recom- mendations and the City Council had adopted a resolution that became part of the City's Policy. However, Mayor Roe noted his intent to expand the role of that subcommittee as noted in his Memorandum for the City's budget and overall City finances and related process and documentation to allow for further fine tuning al- lowing the City Council and public to better understand the City's budget moving forward. Councilmember Laliberte noted that the City's budget and financial component was one of the most important things the City Councilmembers undertook, and spoke in support of having the subcommittee in place for that extra process and transitioning it into something newly defined. Councilmember Laliberte also spoke in support of leaving the City Manager Performance Subcommittee in place, as that was important as well. Councilmember Etten questioned if the Budget and Finance Subcommittee should not include more people from the community with expertise in the financial field that could participate in a more in-depth study of this extremely important func- tion to take care of the City's money. Councilmember Etten suggested it may be prudent to consider that as a formal advisory commission versus a City Council Subcommittee, allowing more citizen involvement based on their levels of exper- tise. Councilmember Etten opined that the list of responsibilities was quite com- prehensive.