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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 17, 2015 Page 9 Councilmember McGehee stated she was unsure if she agreed with Councilmem- ber Etten, even though she agreed it was important to get this done and get a budget completed, it was the responsibility of the City Council do to so. Coun- cilmember McGehee expressed her interest in having the Finance Commission come to the City Council to discuss the budget at which point that information gets back to departments or commissions rather than having the Finance Commis- sion approach those other commissions or feel obligated to have them signoff be- fore bringing it to the City Council. Mayor Roe noted the intent for the Finance Commission was to be of service to the City Council as well as the community at large. Councilmember Laliberte thanked the Commission for the work put into this with consensus of commissioners, and especially in providing so many scenarios and options as well as their best recommendation. In that sense, Councilmember Laliberte expressed her interest in an unfettered recommendation to come before the City Council from the Finance Commission, at which point it would be fil- tered to other commissions and how it may affect their specific work if adopted by the City Council. Councilmember Laliberte opined that if vetted by depart- ments and/or commissions beforehand, it would not be a true or unfiltered rec- ommendation of the Finance Commission. Mayor Roe concurred, noting that would be similar to the initial work performed by the City Council's CIP Subcommittee several years ago without benefit of oth- er commissions other than that of the Parks & Recreation staff given the timing of the Park Master Plan process and valuable input from it enlightening how to move forward. Councilmember Laliberte clarified that she would never receive a raw recommen- dation and go forward blindly without benefit of input from specific commissions being affected by that action and how it affected their work. However, Coun- cilmember Laliberte noted it was the City Council's responsibility to connect with their advisory commissions at that point. Under CIP recommendations for General Facilities Mayor Roe referenced exhibit B-2, noting that recommendation from the Finance Commission still had signifi- cant negative balances. However, if removing the OVAL concrete replacement and cooling system in 2020, thereby removing over $2 million, it made the sce- narios work pretty well. As the City Council moves into CIP discussions, Mayor Roe suggested further consideration on how to treat that. Mayor Roe noted that Commissioner Rohloff s analyses address numerous potential funding sources ra- ther than using levy dollars for that replacement funding.