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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 8,2013 Page 9 Ms. Bacon noted that those benchmark positions that appear to be right on or very close on the graph may not actually be that close, creating the need to look at those benchmark positions from an internal equity standpoint based on how the position responsibilities may be combined, the department was running lean or other cities may not provide for that position and/or through a summary of the marketplace, all creating potential anomalies.. Further discussion included additional details about the Local Government Pay Equity Act; flexibility of the City's step system for annual review based on per- formance as a percentage versus dollar amount; and how a cost of living adjust- ment(COLA) affected the step system. Acting Mayor Willmus again thanked Ms. Bacon and Ms. Antonsen for their presentation and discussion; and asked staff to provide additional information to the City Council as requested prior to any future action, but as part of upcoming budget discussion. 11. Public Hearings 13. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Receive City Staff Budget Program Priorities City Manager Malinen briefly summarized the RCA dated April 8, 2013; and not- ed several corrections to Attachment A under Code 9, City Council Business Meetings that should show a 2014 Staff Program Rank of 7, and Code 10 City Council Community Support/Grants that should show a 2014 Staff Program Rank of 5. Councilmember Laliberte thanked staff for providing their rankings; opining that she found them helpful in her analysis. Councilmember McGehee provided her observations, opining that she thought some departments appeared to take the exercise seriously with their rankings, while others appeared to simply hit the same key over and over. In expressing her ongoing frustration with this entire process, Councilmember McGehee opined that she did not find it very helpful, and questioned the validity of whether or not there was any consistency. As an example, Councilmember McGehee noted the cate- gory "organizational management" listed repeatedly within one department, which didn't prove helpful to her when thinking about a budget; and questioning the need for that many layers of management. Councilmember McGehee opined that it would be much more meaningful to her to see the number of employees in one lump and what they do, and what the supplies cost to do their jobs. Coun- cilmember McGehee further opined that the way the categories are currently bro- ken out provides for too much "slop" and an ability to say a percentage of time spent doing "whatever." Councilmember McGehee stated that the critical func-