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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 8, 2014 Page 8 over a period of years; and noted it would be consistent with the policy just adopted by the City Council. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Miller confirmed that the approx- imately dollars available, based on the August 25, 2014 discussion, would be ap- proximately$400,000 in aggregate to get to the high point range. Councilmember Willmus expressed his confusion in tracking inflation between Attachment A ($48,870) and the e-mail sent out earlier today showing $41,800; and asked if there was an increase in materials and supplies, of just allocated dif- ferently. Mr. Miller advised that he would need to track the approximate $7,000 difference from several different categories before responding. Referencing his budget proposal reconciliation for tax-supported funds (version 1- 9/8/14) Mayor Roe addressed the changes made since the August 25, 2014 dis- cussion with notes moved to the side for easier tracking; and emphasis under property tax relief notes for City Council discretion and three options according to policy. Mayor Roe advised that the 2013 numbers had also been included for av- erage and high-end aggregate reserves as requested. Mayor Roe advised that he took editorial license and made several substantive changes, including: Parks & Recreation Department re-accreditation as a one-time cost from 2014 and created an aggregate number of $15,000 separated from Finance Director Miller's num- ber, which could be shown as a real number as available. Under line S5, Mayor Roe advised that he removed labor costs for the Fire Relief Association, and in line S7, under"reduced levy"to "no levy"versus Mr. Miller's most recent e-mail. Mayor Roe advised that he provided more specificity in the notes as to where the numbers originated, and left placeholders for unknown numbers and/or infor- mation at this time, but that should be incorporated into this type of report in the future. In terms of budget numbers, Mayor Roe clarified that this report was spe- cific to the operating fund, and included no capital items. As pointed out by Mr. Miller, Mayor Roe noted that those CIP items fluctuated and while the budget changed, it would be easier to track CIP number more consistently in another format versus this report for annual operating costs. Councilmember Etten expressed his frustration in tracking numbers between staff's Attachment A, including the use of reserves for the General Fund (at $346,000) and the number established in a previous meeting (at $321,000), sepa- rating out the Recreation Fund. However, in the e-mail from Mr. Miller, Coun- cilmember Etten noted that it showed $346,000 plus $30,000; and questioned if that had been corrected yet. Mayor Roe advised that it was included in that number.