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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 18, 2013 Page 19 sources would come from. Mr. Trudgeon opined that the HRA would at least fund a portion of it depending on competing priorities. Mayor Roe noted that the original Economic Development position had been eliminated due to significantly reduced permit revenues. Mayor Roe suggested defining a steady funding source independent of permit fees to prevent those spikes. Councilmember McGehee opined that the ups and downs of the department could be a City Council policy discussion about restructuring the department to provide a more stable source of income than permits. Mr. Trudgeon noted that this had been the intent when the Code Enforcement Of- ficer had been reallocated from the CDD to the General Fund as an ongoing func- tion that should not be subject to revenue spikes; in addition to the previous cuts made throughout the CDD, creating the current stability and always allowing room for improvement in the future. Mayor Roe noted that some development fees were more predictable on an annual basis and those fees could more adequately sustain the Department. Mayor Roe suggested that other programs, such as housing development fees and other fund- ing programs could be investigated with the HRA, with the potential for a number of those options outside tax levy funding. Mr. Trudgeon concurred with Mayor Roe's observations; noting that some of those options could become self-sufficient (e.g. revolving loan funds), with many current HRA funds now self-sustaining once the initial seed funding was provid- ed. Finance/Information Technology At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Miller clarified that while most of the network engineering staff would continue to be funded through Joint Powers Agreements (JPA's), it was becoming evident that one of those positions should be exclusive to the City of Roseville. Mr. Miller suggested that the City Council may see such a proposal coming before it in the near future to address some major needs of the City that had been deferred up to now and may make it increasingly difficult to sustain current workloads without looking at a local resource to address those needs. Fire Department In response to Mayor Roe's request for clarification on whether or not replace- ment of outdoor warning sirens was already included in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) as new equipment or an added cost, Fire Chief O'Neill responded that none of those costs had been incorporated into the CIP to-date. Chief O'Neill advised that some of the 4-5 sirens determined to be in the worst condition had been replaced a number of years ago, no additional replacements had occurred