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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 11,2014 Page 33 tions starting in 1.5 years; and if everyone says no, the City of Roseville would still benefit. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Heiser addressed some of the software applications handled in-house specific to the City of Roseville, in addi- tion to the complexity of managing the law enforcement's mobile units beyond their day-to-day functions through agreements with other municipalities who were having difficulties on their own. Mr. Heiser noted that the City's IT Division was able to trouble-shoot some of those software applications and now other munici- palities and agencies depended on the City's expertise, especially with security and encryption requirements. Councilmember Laliberte, while recognizing this request in the 2015 budget, but being asked to expedite it now, stated that she was not comfortable making that decision tonight, or with funding being identified from License Center reserves, whether for short- or long-term funding. Without having more specifics available and additional funding confirmed, Councilmember Laliberte opined that further conversation was needed before she could make that decision. Toward the funding source, Councilmember Etten suggested City Council support of the position for the remainder of 2014 and under the 2015 budget by using re- serve funds during the interim, until support from partners could be sought in 2016 as new contract negotiations were underway. Councilmember Etten stated that this could serve as a stop gap to pay for this quality position until the partners could provide more help; and still consider the option as part of the 2015 budget process. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Miller advised that the License Center reserves should have the ability to fund the position without drawing down on cash annual operating surplus at this time. McGehee moved approval of the establishment of a new IT Systems Engineer po- sition in the Information Technology Division as detailed in the RCA dated Au- gust 11, 2014; funded by License Center surplus dollars until a positive plan from consortium is identified going forward Mayor Roe declared the motion failed for lack of a second. Willmus moved, Laliberte seconded, taking no action and continuing discussions as part of the 2015 Budget for this position. Mr. Miller stated that he had attempted to identify a sense of urgency for the City Council in meeting the increased demands of the new park facilities and network facilities; requiring someone to monitor them once in place and manage projects to get them in place, none of which were part of the IT Division's current work