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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 10, 2014 Page 30 City Manager Trudgeon questioned if the intent was to have peer communities across the board for comparison purposes, or to recognize the differences among those peer communities. Councilmember Laliberte responded that there was a need to recognize the differ- ences, but regarding financial matters, the City Council needed to settle on a group of cities and live with the results of those peer comparisons. Mayor Roe noted that there appeared to be no majority for Item "F" by the body at this time. Mayor Roe opined that he was amenable to leaving Item "G" in, but was willing to give up Item"H" as it was implicit. Councilmembers Willmus and Etten concurred with Mayor Roe. Councilmember Laliberte noted that it had been stricken from the original. In summary, Mayor Roe clarified that the green language remained for Item "A," had been modified as noted above for Item "C," Item `B" remained as is; green language was to be used for Item "D," the original Item "E" was stricken, and the new Item E (green print) was approved by consensus. Councilmember McGehee sought more discussion on the new Item "E," opining that this was too detailed for the commission, and opined that the commission should be asked to make recommendations concerning the timeline for budgets and leave it at that. Councilmember Willmus spoke in support of leaving it as simple as that, opining that the added language provide the commission the ability to get into more detail if they chose to do so as a group. Councilmember McGehee opined that if it was left broad, the commission could do as they saw fit. Councilmember Etten opined that the first line encapsulated the goal without needing any more specificity. Mayor Roe spoke in support of keeping the language for receiving public input. Councilmember Etten opined that this would be part of the process. Mayor Roe, with consensus of the body, suggested language revision for new Item "E" as follows: "Review and recommend the annual timeline and process for creating City budgets;" and striking the remaining language.