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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 18, 2016 Page 10 Councilmember Etten agreed with the need for some caution and tuning, but also expressed his interest in training people to use their expertise. Councilmember Etten agreed that there was no desire to lose programming, but opined that it would also be good to use younger trainees at a reduced versus more competitive cost. Councilmember McGehee stated that, if you have trained staff and not enough programming on view, it would be nice for youth and adult trainees to bring for- ward some ideas of their own (e.g. Karen population), opining she could think of a number of educational, civic things that could be done but couldn't be done by a freelance or consulting videographer needing to be paid market rates. Coun- cilmember McGehee opined that there were a number of non -profits needing such services but were unable to afford them. However, if they were able to do so at reasonable rates, Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of it provided enough interested trainees were available and were experienced enough that a non-profit was willing to pay a reduced rate for such services. Councilmember Etten noted that there was a considerable amount of free pro- gramming sent in by groups, most volunteering their time, and suggested there may not actually be a huge revenue source for CTV staff since volunteers enjoy producing things on their own schedules. Councilmember Etten opined this indi- cated outside groups could then provide material as well as others working to- gether for free to produce programming. Mayor Roe noted this discussion reflected similar internal CTV Board of Direc- tors conversations about concerns about competing with the private sector and the other end of the spectrum in the desire to provide services to non -profits needing programming services. Ms. Raye also noted that that discussion had come up in her visits with other member cities as well. While the interest is there that production content would be helpful to specialized populations and/or non -profits, Ms. Raye also noted many things in common among member cities that would provide good topics of interest for the viewing public (e.g. environmental and water quality issues) and providing opportunities for collaborative efforts. Mayor Roe concurred, referencing watershed districts as one example of shared interests. As a second question related to the CTV budget, Ms. Raye asked if the City of Roseville was satisfied with the level of budget transparency and information, frequency of the inforination, and the detail of that financial transparency as it re- lated to programming and budgeting.