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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 16,2014 Page 17 the City Council should act accordingly. Councilmember McGehee clarified that it was not the City of Roseville that raised property valuations for its residents. Councilmember Willmus opined that this should be no surprise to anyone; and for the short-term, further opined that some things needed to be balanced out. Coun- cilmember Willmus suggested that no formal motion was necessary to direct staff, but they should be in the position to utilize the information from this discussion, expressing his anticipation of the City Manager Recommended Budget in re- sponse to this discussion. Mayor Roe clarified that the purpose of tonight's discussion was to provide guid- ance to staff to develop the City Manager Recommended Budget through provid- ing a majority consensus, specifically on the use of reserves in this case. Mayor Roe asked for a formal motion. Roe moved, Willmus seconded,guiding the City Manager in development of the City Manager Recommended Budget to consider the use of both operating sur- plus and reserves of the License Center for 2015 budget operating funds for the City. At the request of Councilmember Etten, Mayor Roe clarified that his motion in- tentionally did not include a dollar figure target. Councilmember McGehee opined that based on sufficient discussion tonight, the City Manager and his staff should be allowed to base their recommendations on this robust discussion. Mayor Roe clarified that the motion was for the City Manager to consider the use of reserves. Amendment Etten moved, McGehee seconded, amending the motion to direct staff to keep the use of reserves the same or reduce the total amount to balance the budget, in an amount not to exceed$269,000, and preferably less. Councilmember Etten noted that this took into consideration the reduced amount of total reserves for 2015 compared to the 2014 use of reserves. At the request of Mayor Roe and Councilmember Laliberte, Councilmember Etten confirmed that his intent was to use less than $269,000 used in the 2014 levy for the 2015 budg- et; and without specifying the Fund, recognized that the License Center reserves had been the main topic of discussion at this point. Councilmember Willmus advised that he would not support the amendment, and was more interested in seeing what staff came forward with.