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Special City Council Meeting Thursday,May 22,2014 Page 2 5. Recognitions,Donations and Communications 6. Approve Minutes 7. Approve Consent Agenda 8. Consider Items Removed from Consent 9. General Ordinances for Adoption 10. Presentations 11. Public Hearings 12. Budget Items a. Budget Discussion City Manager Patrick Trudgeon provided brief introductory comments as detailed in the staff report dated May 22, 2014, and the preliminary report delivered on May 12, 2014. Mr. Trudgeon advised that tonight's discussion would delve into the budget requests from individual departments and represented unfiltered in- formation and requests with no changes made to-date. Mr. Trudgeon noted that this provided an opportunity for conversation between staff and the City Council to better understand staff priorities and take those into account. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the City Council would be asked to provide their indi- vidual priorities at the June 16, 2014 City Council meeting, and to define the overall process and identify anything missing in budget requests. Mr. Trudgeon requested that the City Council think about that upcoming discussion to provide direction before he develops his presentation and City Manager-recommended budget in July of this year. Mr. Trudgeon advised that each Department Head would come forward with a brief presentation and one-page handout highlighting their operations and basic information, with dialogue and questions or comments of the City Council to fol- low with those specific Department Heads. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he and Finance Director Chris Miller had reviewed each submittal and sat down with individual Department Heads. Mr. Trudgeon opined that they each represented responsible budgets, even though the needs far exceeded resources, creating tough choices and value judgments in the big picture budget before narrowing it down.