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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 15, 2015 Page 30 Based on what she had heard during Department Head presentations, and her un- derstanding of the requests, Councilmember McGehee stated she would be un- willing to support creating any of the new tax supported positions, barring receipt of further information. Mayor Roe noted his understanding of Councilmember McGehee's initial com- ments specific to this discussion. From a historical perspective, and recognizing that good presentations were usual- ly made and rationale supporting new positions and their need, Councilmember Laliberte asked whether there could be any review at the City Council level about positions automatically filled when vacant to ensure Department Heads and Ad- ministration were continually assessing structures and teams. City Manager Trudgeon responded that whenever a position became vacant, the structure and position were always part of the review process. As noted by the re- cent restructuring in the Public Works Department, Mr. Trudgeon noted that may not always create a dollar change, but a different structure depending on the par- ticular positions itself and needs of the department. At the request of Coun- cilmember Laliberte, Mr. Trudgeon confirmed that before asking for any new po- sition, staff automatically reviewed offsets to take advantage of strategic opportu- nities going forward and as available through attrition and other means not always predictable. Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of continual contingency and succes- sion planning. While unable to predict future openings, Councilmember Willmus opined it would be beneficial to see 2015 budgeted position dollars that came open or posi- tions that remained unfilled, and any dollar amounts that could be plugged into the 2016 budget. Mayor Roe noted that those would be part of the carry forward provided by staff. Councilmember McGehee opined staff had been prudent in filing or not filling positions as applicable. Mayor Roe noted it was different for smaller versus larger departments. Programs/Service Levels /Bid Ideas from Individual Councilmembers Using the leaf pick-up program as an example, Councilmember Willmus ex- pressed his interest in hearing during Department Head presentations any areas where a change of service level of dropping a program may be indicated, or simi- lar situations for annual review. Councilmember Willmus suggested a more open discussion by Department Heads with Councilmembers on those items. Coun-