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Special City Council Meeting Thursday,May 22, 2014 Page 19 Mr. Miller noted that the significant capital replacements listed in 2015 for the IT Department had been included in the projected CIP budget for 2015 and should return to a less significant number in 2016. Discussion Councilmember Etten expressed appreciation for Mr. Miller including cost pro- jections for each of his requests. Councilmember Etten questioned Mr. Miller's rationale in only requesting the one IT engineer at this time. Mr. Miller advised that his intent was to see how the one position worked out form an operational standpoint; and whether a demonstrated need remained evi- dent for an additional position. From a phasing standpoint, Mr. Miller advised that he preferred to integrate the one new position with the departments' existing three engineers, allowing a better schedule rotation at any one time. Mr. Miller reiterated that the intent would be for this position to be primarily dedicated for Roseville, and not have the position spend half their time working for other cities, but to meet the City of Roseville's needs and justify the position. At that time, Mr. Miller advised that he would then re-evaluate the situation to determine if other operational needs were still in evidence; and at that time return to the City Council for their consideration of an additional position if warranted. Mr. Miller opined that he thought this was the prudent route to follow. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Miller clarified that the current License Center lease was renewed for three or four years,just negotiated last year, and went through 2016 from his best recollection at this time. Councilmember Willmus questioned if Mr. Miller would consider offsetting the additional License Center budget increase request of approximately $40,000 by offsetting revenues from the operation versus levy dollars. Mr. Miller clarified that all any revenues or reserves from fees from the License Center were con- tained within the enterprise fund, and no levy funds were being requested for that specific budget request. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Mr. Miller clarified that each of his personnel requests included COLA, wage steps, healthcare and all related costs. As a follow-up from the May 12, 2014 budget discussion, Mayor Roe questioned the amount set aside for the License Center, which Mr. Miller identified as ap- proximately $800,000 in reserves at this time. Mayor Roe suggested considera- tion and a discussion was needed as to whether to refurbish an existing facility or build a new facility; and whether it should be funded with a Revenue Bond or through reserves; whether it was better to bond or pay cash. Mayor Roe asked that staff provide an analysis of those options, and their recommendations for how much should be set aside in reserves now and how much should be used to help