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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 15, 2013 Page 23 profits. However, since it was currently dictated or mandated by City Code, Mr. Miller advised he had therefore ranked it high. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Miller clarified that the City made no money for this function, but simply served as a pass-through for funds through oversight. Mr. Miller advised that the City did not need to be involved in how and where lawful gambling monies are distributed (e.g. Community Fund), and he was unaware of any other city that performed that function. Noting budget revenue in all columns, Councilmember Laliberte questioned the actuality of excesses or shortfalls. Mr. Miller advised that it depended on the fund, with non-tax-supported funds having its own fund, without property tax support (e.g., IT, water, sewer, storm- sewer, golf course, license center, etc.) and didn't require any taxpayer involve- ment. For those specific enterprise funds, Mr. Miller advised that any surpluses stay within the fund, and any shortfalls are made up from previous excesses. While not having participated in past City Council decision making, Coun- cilmember Laliberte the City had a high level of volunteers and fundraising within the City by and for other groups. In recognizing how Councilmember McGehee ranked the License Center, Councilmember Laliberte noted that a large portion of the community relied on that service locally as well. Councilmember McGehee concurred. License Center(Codes 38, 39, 41, and 43) With the City's decision to serve as a Deputy Registrar, Mr. Miller noted that this required it to provide certain services, thus he considered it a mandate and ranked it as a"7" accordingly. Mayor Roe admitted that this rationale may require his re-evaluation for the next iteration. Fire Department Programs Organizational Management (Code 3) Fire Chief Tim O'Neill advised that this was the day-to-day operations of him and his Administrative Assistant in oversight of seventy (70) part-time and full-time personnel (e.g. payroll, supply ordering, maintenance of employees, invoices, etc.) Fire Administration &Planning(Code 7) Chief O'Neill advised that this was the day-to-day operations of two (2) person- nel: the Battalion Chief./Fire Marshal and Fire Inspector (e.g. computer data, pre- planning of buildings, etc.).