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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 25,2014 Page 17 a large fluctuation. However, Mayor Roe noted that when initiating such a bond- ing program the City would not have that same advantage. Specific to prioritization, Mayor Roe opined that the key aspect would be to look at the plan over the next twenty years to ensure everything was included that needed to be, and that those items included were appropriately timed, which re- quired staff to keep the plan up-to-date and valued in current dollars to the great- est extent possible. However, Mayor Roe observed that the City Council also had to weigh in using those same basic assumptions, even when the reality may con- tradict some of those initial assumptions. Councilmember Etten sought clarification on the pathway maintenance item as part of the CIP budget and projected annual maintenance based on the recommen- dations of the CIP Task Force at the end of 2012. However, with additional assets not part of that recommendation, Councilmember Etten asked if those increases had been addressed, since the community survey indicated the strong interest by the community, with the need for the City to ensure they were adequately funded. Finance Director Miller advised that, at the onset, the City Council could expect changes on the CIP budget annually based on many different things, including the cost of input and as new technologies and costs become known, the CIP should change annually. In his review of the CIP needs as identified by the Public Works and Parks & Recreation staff, Mr. Miller opined that it didn't appear that an addi- tional $80,000 amount of funding infused for 2015 was needed, but the proposed amount should be sufficient. However, Mr. Miller noted that this could and should be revisited in the future to determine if that assumption held true. At the request of Councilmember Etten, Finance Director Miller clarified that while he reviews the CIP needs of each department overall, the annual asset re- placement need forecast was done by each department and updated accordingly. Mayor Roe asked that staff double-check their projections, noting that sometimes the recommendation didn't jive with their current situations and may not apply to the entire differential. While recognizing that it was great to continually review the numbers before tak- ing action, Councilmember Etten supported the determinations made by individu- al departments. Recognizing that last year the CIP was funded with the one-time local govern- ment aid(LGA) allotment from the State of MN, Councilmember Etten asked that Mr. Miler address how to fund the additional CIP needs for general facilities and information technology (IT), even though absent a chart of IT needs was not in- cluded, in absence of that resource.