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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 3, 2014 Page 21 NEW ITEM b. Approve Addition to Council Meeting Calendar Allowing a Special Meeting on March 13, 2014 for Commission Interviews City Manager Trudgeon summarized the request for an additional meeting to fa- cilitate interviews for citizen advisory commissions, in addition to an earlier start time at next week's regular City Council meeting. Mr. Trudgeon noted that, due to other conflicts, the start time had been deferred until 6:45 p.m. Councilmember McGehee, seeking to clarify the intent of the special meeting, asked if this was being scheduled to avoid a much earlier start time on the regular meeting agenda. Mayor Roe responded that, with twenty-one vacancies and in- terviews at a minimum of ten minutes; there would not be much time remaining for other business. Laliberte moved, Etten seconded, to approve the addition of March 13, 2014 at 6:45 p.m. to the City Council Meeting Calendar to allow for this Special Meeting. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mayor Roe advised that he couldn't facilitate an earlier start time due to a previous event already scheduled and his commitment to attend that event. Mayor Roe further responded that staff had re- viewed numerous dates to facilitate this meeting, including dates where it could be scheduled at an earlier time, with none of those working with the majority. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte; McGehee; Willmus; Etten; and Roe. Nays: None. 14. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Discuss Utility Discount Program Finance Director Chris Miller reviewed previous action of the City Council sus- pending registration in the current Utility Rate Discount Program; and their pre- ferred criteria for a new program that would better align with program objectives. Mr. Miller reviewed staff's development of a proposed program using that criteria for eligibility based on financial requirements versus whether or not a person was retired of drawing Social Security benefits. This information was detailed in the RCA dated March 3, 2014; and provided an in-depth approach to staff's research of various financial assistance programs offered county- and state-wide. Mr. Miller advised that staff felt the best fit seemed to be for a broad-based pro- gram, represented by Ramsey County's Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Pro- gram (SNAP), formerly known as "food stamps." Mr. Miller opined that this was a good starting point and a draft program was included in the RCA (page 2) of what it could look like for Roseville. Mr. Miller noted that Ramsey County al- ready had the criteria in place, and staff thought the simplest approach was to use