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Kari Collins From: Tam McGehee <tam @mcgehee.info> Sent: Sunday,July 14,2013 4:55 PM To: *RVCouncil; Pat Trudgeon; Kari Collins Subject: Changes to 7/8 Draft Minutes I am sorry I did not get these changes in before Wednesday noon, but I would like to make the following changes. I am submitting them at this time so that the Council members will have an opportunity to see them before Monday's meeting as I would like to have them included at that time. Page numbers and lines are based on the printed copy in the packet for the 7/15 meeting. Lines 8-24, Page 27: Councilmember McGehee stated that she bought into the compounding problem; and opined that she didn't like vague ideas for :- : • - - --- -- - : employment structures in municipal government; opining that there had to be a realistic range for people to see and measure and how it was arrived at, and adjusted every 5-10 years. Councilmember McGehee stated that she differed with Councilmember Willmus in his perception that reserves were untouchable, since in the past, those reserves were had been adjusted and touched, sometimes at the suggestion of Councilmember Willmus himself. While not supporting a recurring use of reserves for this type of problem, Councilmember McGehee opined that she could support it as a one-time option when the City found itself in a year with levy limits. Councilmember McGehee questioned how the City could continue to abuse its employees by continuing to have this discussion and yet not doing anything about it moving forward; while at the same time expecting staff to continue their dedication to the City. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of establishing a policy, opining that from her understanding, all Department Heads had concurred with this proposal across the board; whichand that should serve to provide sufficient direction for the City Council with staff's support; and eliminate the need for any further discussion ofn this particular policy issue. Lines 5-13, Page 22: While noting that it was valuable, Councilmember McGehee opined that the information provided by Springsted at tonight's interview was redundant and had already been provided in written form; and represented nothing new. In recognizing that the person the City may work with at Springsted Brimeyer/Fursman would not be the representative at tonight's interview, Councilmember McGehee expressed disappeintmen j her perception that Mr. Unmacht may be difficult to work with as a facilitator and as he appeared to be a more of an aggressive salesperson which was ; and not what she was looking for at all in this process. Councilmember McGehee advised that she saw this as a team process, and did not get that impression from tonight's interview with Springsted. i