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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 27, 2014 Page 13 City Manager Trudgeon reviewed and clarified proposed changes for next itera- tion, including the need for initial staggering of terms; and questioned whether the City Council would consider those one-year shorter terms to be partial or full term for future consideration of reappointment. Mr. Trudgeon noted that it often took members that first year to get familiar with the work of a commission, and if they were able to recognize that they were initially signing up and most likely would be reappointed, it may be more beneficial, especially with the Finance Commis- sion with the budget process and timing of creation of the commission and bring- ing people on board. Mr. Trudgeon opined that it would be challenging to jive creation of the commission with the budgeting process, and a lot of time may need to be spent initially going over documents. Given that scenario, Mr. Trudgeon recommended that the first year of the Finance Commission be dedicated to dialogue with staff and tuning in during 2015 for the 2016 budget cycle. General Comments Also, Mr. Trudgeon suggested that, while much of the cost for creating these two new commissions would be absorbed by staff, there would be incidental costs (e.g. copying and event sponsorship), which the City Council should keep in mind for future budget projections. Further, Mr. Trudgeon noted that interviews by the City candidates was typically done at the first part of a regular meeting; however, with an additional potential for 16 new positions, in addition to the other vacancies or openings, Mr. Trudgeon suggested that the City Council consider a separate special meeting, with staff prepared to suggest some dates and times to program them in. If the City Council was comfortable in changing the PWETC to seven members, and changes proposed for the indemnification definitions, Mr. Trudgeon suggest- ed that the City Council consider approving Attachments B and E tonight. Refer- encing Attachment C, Mr. Trudgeon noted that would take further review and re- vision to address impacts to the Human Rights Commission, and suggested it be taken up at a later time with additional discussions for the Community Engage- ment Commission. Finance Commission Regarding the this commission not being up to speed until 2015, Councilmember Willmus spoke against further delaying their involvement in the budget process, opining that he anticipated those serving would be capable of being brought up to speed rapidly, and encouraged that they be involved in the 2015 budget cycle as well, seeing no major concerns, but allowing for any necessary adjustments. To have the intent at the start to not have them involved until the 2016 budget cycle,