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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 19, 2015 Page 17 Mayor Roe concurred, noting that would address the what, who and when in a fonnat for easy tracking. Councilmember McGehee opined she would like the applicable advisory cominis- sions taslced to aid staff in pulling that initial information together, seeking feed- back from her colleagties as to whether staff could be authorized by the City Council to taslc advisory commissions accordingly rather than having that di- rective come directly froin the City Council. Mayor Roe opined that would need to be agreed on by the City Council and advi- sory coinmissions at the tiine; with City Manager Trudgeon agreeing since staff had the best information available and expertise for their respective fields. Mayor Roe further noted the need for policy decisions for some iteins, while oth- ers inay be straightforward. As an example, Mayor Roe noted the need for policy discussions on replacement schedules and rationale for choosing options for hard assets underground, with that City Council policy developed and based on staff and advisory commission advice. However, Mayor Roe questioned if advisory commissions could do a lot of research on those existing assets and compiling ap- propriate lists as part of that process. Councilmember McGehee opined that soine of the advisory commissions were seelcing things to do, particularly when it involved researching other cities for their programs and similarities; further opining it would alleviate some of the more mundane research work and be useful to those advisory commissions mak- ing recommendations. Councilmember Laliberte noted her first instinct was to have staff start the pro- cess, and still supported that as the best idea moving forward, and subsequently tossing things to advisory commissions when more specificity was needed. Mayor Roe concurred, identifying that as a charge from the City Council directly to the advisory coininission once something was better identified. Councilmember Laliberte agreed with Mayor Roe, noting the need to also consid- er the less frequent meeting schedule of advisory cominissions, and allowing them time to build in a level of review, discussion and decision on a judicious recom- mendations to the City Council after their study and analysis. Councilmeinber Willmus agreed that at the front end the process needed to be driven by staff; while he supported having check-ins with advisory cominissions along the way. Councilmember Etten also agreed, noting that when discussion options and tech- nical inforination, while the advisory coinmissions could contribute, the City