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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7, 2014 Page 23 opining that the information was inaccurate and she was seeking a more serious evaluation; and even after her requests for additional information to assist in that evaluation, she didn't find it forthcoming. Mayor Roe stated that he could support that recommendation if the motion also included removing that evaluation"as part of the budget process." Councilmember Laliberte stated that she liked the idea of asking the City Manag- er to make a recommendation to the City Council on the Fire Department; and would not remove the budget process component, since that was part of the evalu- ation and specific to current budget considerations. At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmember Willmus supported revised lan- guage for that particular item as follows: "[Make Recommendation with regard to] the use of Full-Time Firefighters for the Fire Department as part of the budget process." Specific to Councilmember McGehee's bench handout suggestion to remove ref- erences to the Community Engagement Commission addressed in the first bullet point of the first goal to "Improve the Delivery of Information to the Public," Councilmember Willmus expressed his interest in retaining that designation, since this Commission was new; and suggested that the last bullet point in the second goal to "Improve the Quality and Delivery of City Programs," identified as "Make Contact Information for Commission members more accessible to the public" be moved up as a part of the first goal. Councilmember Willmus agreed with the Fire Department item as noted above; and spoke in support of Coun- cilmember McGehee's suggested language in her bench handout for items ex- panded in the goal to "Promote Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability." At the request of Councilmember Etten, Councilmember Willmus further offered his support to incorporate language to review policies and ordinances to "im- prove maintenance costs" as suggested by Councilmember McGehee specific to possible changes to City landscapes. Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of designating the new Commis- sions (Finance and Community Engagement) since they're in their initial year and should be specifically called out, but she also supported revised lan- guage for the City Manager to "Support and Assist ALL Commissions, as designated in the third bullet point of the goal to "Improve the Quality and Deliv- ery of City Programs." Councilmember Laliberte further supported the added goal of Councilmember McGehee for the City Manager to "Evaluate possible changes to city landscapes to reduce maintenance costs." Councilmember Etten argued against the last recommendation for the City Man- ager to evaluate reduced maintenance costs for city landscapes, opining that this