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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,February 9, 2015 Page 31 vised that she personally had no problem funding an additional CSO position as a pilot program,but fund by separate arrangement. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Chief Mathwig advised that his pro- posed funding mechanism was not being reallocated from other department needs, and was being derived from other areas outside current program and not ear- marked for other uses,but was not sustainable long-term. Councilmember Laliberte noted the difficulty with a pilot program in attempting to hire someone interested in a short-term hire, continuing to have good candi- dates hired for other agencies. Chief Mathwig suggested he could possibly fund a hire through 2016 somehow, but felt it should eventually be added to the City's tax levy beyond 2016. Councilmember Laliberte agreed with the proposal suggested by Councilmembers McGehee and Etten to expand the role and duties for all officers on a rotation ba- sis, understanding differences in reporting and functions, but allowing all officers and CSO's to perform some of that same work and pursue similar objectives. In leveraging Cadet responsibilities, Chief Mathwig agreed that some duties could be rotated from year to year; essentially working off those efforts and relation- ships into other areas in the department and taking proactive steps to increase those diversities. Councilmember Laliberte suggested tabling this request until those issues raised tonight, including college tuition, could be addressed. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, City Manager Trudgeon and Chief Mathwig reviewed the proposed timeframe for hiring in April or May or 2015; and staff's ability to provide additional clarification on those issues raised tonight by the February 23, 2015 meeting, and not further delaying any potential 2015 hiring. City Manager Trudgeon summarized tonight's discussion by recognizing that the consensus was that this was something worth trying as a demonstration project and as part of broadening the CSO position job descriptions to incorporate these diversity efforts; and with the understanding that there are no guarantees it will be funded in 2016. Mr. Trudgeon noted the need to further refine the job descrip- tion, including what to title the position and if and how it differs from the current CSO job description. Mayor Roe offered his support to take a further look at, especially related to a ro- tation model and how to write that into the job description. Mayor Roe concurred with City Manager Trudgeon that the concept appeared to have some level of