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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 20, 2015 Page 12 questioned if the City Council intended the Department Heads to be available at the Finance Commission hearing as they would typically be at the City Council public hearing to answer public questions if and as needed. Mr. Miller noted this would impact the Department heads and their schedule, proposed as back-to-back meetings as well. If the City Council was open to it, Mr. Miller suggested that an option would be to not have those public questions addressed that night at the Fi- nance Commission,but at a later date after both hearings. Mayor Roe opined that was a legitimate approach, identifying the hearing before the Finance Commission as a preliminary hearing, as long as questions would be answered intentionally during the project. Mayor Roe opined it didn't seem pru- dent to ask Department Heads to attend two meetings in a row. Councilmember McGehee suggested preliminary hearings be held at the City Council level on August 10 and at the Finance Commission on August 11, and similarly scheduled in November. Mayor Roe noted at this time, the entire schedule was subject to change. Hearing no objection from the Council, Mayor Roe asked that staff return with finalized recommended dates for action on a future Consent Agenda, based the proposed schedule as presented by staff and tweaked accordingly based on tonight's discus- sion. 14 Business Items (Action Items) a. Approve/Deny an On-Sale Wine and On-Sale 3.2% Liquor License for LISU, LLC, d/b/a Lisu Thai Taste, at 2575 Fairview Avenue b. Approve Forestry Coordinator Position City Manager Trudgeon summarized this request as detailed in the RCA dated April 20, 2014. Mr. Trudgeon opined that this creating a job description for this proposed position would meet the City's needs this spring and summer to increase hours; and could be vacated in the future if the City Council decided to again pur- sue a full-time Forester position. Councilmember Willmus opined that, if and when the transition was made to full- time forester, the half-time position be eliminated to get if off the books. City Manager Trudgeon responded that typically a job description was left open as approved, and simply not filled unless authorized by the City Council,but leav- ing the position open for reinstatement if and when needed. As an example, Mr. Trudgeon referenced the Senior Planner and Associate Planner positions, and shifting of the positions as experience was gained as the cycle moved forward, but allowing a new hire to start at the lower level position and left vacant until need- ed.