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■ Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 15, 2013 Page 21 In her review, Councilmember Laliberte noted that she ranked all organizational management functions as a "5," and if it involved delivery of a service, she ranked it higher. Mr. Trudgeon noted, from his perspective, how he ranked the program and based its organizational management function accordingly. Mr. Trudgeon concurred with Councilmember comments on economic development. However, he noted that his initial understanding was that everything could not be ranked as a "7," and therefore his review was that in not ranking mandatory functions the highest, it would be a dereliction of his duty, requiring that he based all functions com- pared relative to those mandatory items. Mr. Trudgeon noted that economic de- velopment was more discretionary and his ranking was based on that; and while he agreed that it was very important, it also depended on how many dollars were available overall. Councilmember Etten thanked Mr. Trudgeon for making that distinction. Councilmember McGehee thanked Mr. Trudgeon for not ranking all functions as "7," and recognized that there was a fixed pot of money requiring choices, and the inability to have resources or personnel available to do the job at the level ranking by the City Council. Based on that assumption, Councilmember McGehee re- quested that staff then come forward to the City Council with a request or expla- nation of their interest in doing a function and as a result, the amount of funding required to accomplish it. Councilmember McGehee noted past discussions clari- fying that the department was not funded with tax dollars; and the need for re- grouping when experiencing an economic slump. If sufficient staff and resources were not available, Councilmember McGehee asked that staff then explain that to the City Council and ask for use of dead time to do these important jobs. Mayor Roe suggested this may be a good example of the need to look at a funding mechanism, such as property tax support or through development fees. Relative to all departments, Mr. Trudgeon advised that the level of funding is not factored into this ranking by staff at this time, and it would be challenging to rank importance and efficiencies. From his perspective, and indicative of his lower rankings, Mayor Roe noted those items he identified as important but not mandatory and requiring adjustment of staffing levels or output to reporting agencies. City Manager Malinen advised that staff would deal with that it those functions came near the "yellow line." Zoning Code Enforcement (Code 12)