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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 8, 2014 Page 15 ments as presented with hours of operation from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. Sunday through Saturday. Individual Councilmembers expressed their support for the motion; and Mayor Roe wished the applicant the best of luck in his future business endeavors. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, McGehee, Willmus, Etten, and Roe. Nays: None. 12. Budget Items Finance Director Miller and City Manager Trudgeon both briefly provided their final comments and recommendations, as detailed in the RCA dated December 8, 2014, lines 45 —63, noting some savings from the last presentation and revised projections. a. Approve 2015 Levy& Budget Councilmember Willmus noted the additional $2,000 request of the Human Rights Commission (HRC), noted on lines 57 — 59 of the RCA; and questioned if the Commission had any other options to free up those funds. City Manager Trudgeon advised that the HRC currently had $2,000 in their budg- et, which included outsourcing their meeting minutes and for funding a variety of events they hosted. If their request for funding civility training was included in that budget, Mr. Trudgeon advised that they would have to reduce that spending in some other way. Mayor Roe noted that this money would come from the General Fund, with only two commissions having a specific budget. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, City Manager Trudgeon advised that, if the City Council chose to fund that civility training request, he would recom- mend the funds be taken from the Communications Fund, which would affect the budget but not the levy. Mr. Trudgeon clarified that the HRC was still pursuing grant funding for the $3,000 program, and had received a $1,000 commitment and location by the Ramsey County Library—Roseville Branch. Mr. Trudgeon noted that, if the HRC did not realize any other funding or grant opportunities, it would need to be funded by the City Council if they approved the expense. Councilmember McGehee stated that she considered that civility training feel un- der the purview of communications; and would not be opposed to having the training become part of the City's periodic ethics training. Councilmember McGehee noted that, whether additional funds or grants became available, the HRC was facing a deadline to confirm the library location for the training.