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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 9, 2013 Page 16 budget, not only looking at things that were wanted for addition, and allowing for conversation on what could be done more efficiently or better. Even though that budget scenario didn't materialize, Councilmember Laliberte advised that she would continue to support a flat levy budget as stated in July of this year. Since the City Council was at the preliminary phase of setting this levy and only starting discussions that would continue through the remainder of the year, Coun- cilmember Willmus advised that he could support the amendment. Mayor Roe stated that he would not support the motion. As a member of the CIP Task Force having made the recommendation for an annual CIP funding at $225,000, Mayor Roe advised that he was comfortable knowing that funding was reduced in 2014 as proposed in the CIP Task Force recommendation, opining that the delay would not set the fund up for a disaster in future years. Councilmember Willmus recognized Mayor Roe's comments, opining that he had swayed his original thoughts. Councilmember Etten noted that this put another $50,000 in 2015, totaling $400,000; and questioned if this had that assumption built into it, with Finance Director Miller responding that it did include that assumption. • In writing off$450,000 this year, Councilmember Etten opined that this made the 2015 levy even larger; and questioned how the City could win long-term with this one-year deal creating a harder hit in 2015; further opining that it didn't make sense to him to budget in that manner. Councilmember McGehee concurred that it didn't make sense, and further ex- pressed her lack of understanding in the remark made by Mayor Roe. Coun- cilmember McGehee opined that if the City Council made a commitment, and what was the point of government commitments if they were not supported just two years and development and one year after reaffirmation. In response, Mayor Roe reiterated comments he'd made several meetings ago to which Councilmember McGehee had also objected, opining that the City was on- ly sustainable by the amount the City Council policy decisions made for building and pathway spending. Mayor Roe clarified that the plan recommended by the CIP Task force and adopted by the City Council several years ago, as well built upon and reaffirmed last year required an annual review of 20-year projections.. Mayor Roe advised that he had recently performed his own analysis and was pre- paring a report for the City Council and public for presentation in the near future, supporting that the proposed 2014 funding would not significantly or negatively impact the CIP.