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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,February 11, 2013 Page 12 agement Program, for the first year of the budget process and some of the steps in the budget cycle. Councilmember Willmus advised that, while not having any issues with the cal- endar or process, he was wondering how new Councilmembers felt about this di- rection or another process. In seeking their perspective, Councilmember Willmus advised that he struggled with last year's process, and questioned if the City had received a benefit from the biennial approach or if it just needed further refine- ment. While not having a problem in having a calendar, Councilmember McGehee not- ed that it was already far off the mark, with survey results scheduled for January, and not yet in process; as well as goal setting or review not completed. Coun- cilmember McGehee advised that she had seen limited value in a biennial process, especially in items 1-4. While supporting the intent for transparency, Coun- cilmember McGehee expressed her interest in a different process, including even more opportunities for public contribution, completing a survey, and performing strategic planning, as well as refining the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) work, and other policies. At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Malinen clarified page 7 of Attach- ment B specific to goal setting, with the process for goal setting in Year One fol- lowed by development of strategic plans by department heads and adoption by the City Council as an organization-wide strategic plan. Mr. Malinen advised that this would continue, with the stage set in 2013 for the upcoming 2014/2015 bien- nial budget cycle, which were not immediately part of the budget, but if and how to fund those new initiatives, with the next phase more about that process and set- ting priorities. Mayor Roe noted that the program priority exercise was for the purpose of adjust- ing priorities as needed to guide funding choices for the next biennium budget. City Manager Malinen concurred, noting that discussion would also include how those priorities tied into the Imagine Roseville 2025 visioning process, and new initiatives, and how to fund higher ranked initiatives. Mr. Malinen advised that in the strategic plan, new initiatives were linked with a program; and at the next City Council meeting, several hours had been devoted to answer questions on the Per- formance Measurement Program process in work session format, with minor business items scheduled at this time. At the request of Councilmember Etten, City Manager Malinen reviewed the ra- tionale in moving to a biennial versus annual budget process to allow for more emphasis on long-range vision policies translated into actionable strategies, with each thought out and researched well in advance by department heads, and freeing up some staff time from a traditional and historical annual budget cycle.