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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 5, 2016 Page 22 Councilmember Laliberte stated her support for a 2.25% COLA, as she wasn't comfortable with Councilmember Willmus' 2%, nor was she comfortable with City Manager Trudgeon's 2.75% increase; and stated her agreement in taking the monies from carry farward funds and keeping the 2017 levy increase at 3%. Mayor Roe clarified that that was not what was proposed in the current motion on the floor. Since only a portion was coming from inflationary increases, Councilmember Et- ten noted that the city would still continue dealing with a CIP deficit over the next twenty years. Councilmember Etten stated that other considerations beyond infla- tion needed to be factored into how the City Council thought about the annual budget and future city needs, recognizing that those increases were not just infla- tionary in nature. Councilmember McGehee seconded Councilmember Etten's comments. Fur- thermore, Councilmember McGehee stated that she found the discussion of staff compensation particularly egregious, opining that anyone supporting the original motion should not support any additional city assets until the city was in a posi- tion that it didn't need to use reserves for ongoing expenses. Councilmember McGehee opined that the city had over-reached and through past bonding, had created ongoing expenses year after year that were unattainable in its annual levy without dipping into reserves or setting a taxpayer levy accardingly to pay for its assets. Councilmember McGehee further opined that this represented a complete lie and misuse of taxpayer funds to purchase assets it couldn't afford and then compounding it by use of reserves to fulfill that ongoing budget. Councilmember McGehee opined that this provided a clear indication that the City Council was not making progress in addressing these needs. Mayor Roe spoke in opposition to this motion for the reasons he had outlined in his previous comments. Roll Call (Etten Amendment) Ayes: Etten and McGehee Nays: Willmus, Laliberte and Roe. Motion failed. Amendment to the Motion (Willmus) Willmus moved, Laliberte seconded, amendment to his original motion to re- duce COLA from the recommended 2.75% to 2.25% and making up that dif- ference with carry forward funds to retain a 3% overall levy increase for 2017, through using $56,000 in reserves. Roll Call (Willmus Amendment) Ayes: Willmus and Laliberte. �': i c, i � '�..H:.. ' �:: I Yi I ' �