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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 20, 2017 Page 23 ber and final budget negotiations to confirm their involvement and approvals, Mr. Miller noted this threw timing off for staff to approach the Roseville City Council before now. Mayor Roe noted the need for more advance notice, duly noted by City Manager Trudgeon, even if things were pending with other agency funding. L Receive Finance Commission Recommendations Finance Director Chris Miller provided a brief overview, turning the discussion over to representatives of the Finance Commission present tonight and their rec- ommendations for changes to Chapter 208 related to the Finance Commission (Attachment AO and Capital Investment Policy (Attachment B) and priority rank- ing system language for the city's capital improvement program (CIP) on page five. Finance Commission Five members of the Commission were present, with Chair Robin Schroeder, Matt Harold, and Pete Zeller speaking on their behalf. Commissioner Harold read a memorandum dated March 19, 2017 from the Com- mission to the City Council entitled, "Finance Commission recommendation to establish a CIP Priority Ranking System." Criteria for the ranking system was displayed, identifying four criteria for the CIP policy (page 5, lines 157 — 162) to draw the broader CIP together and better justify items in the budget cycle. Mayor Roe noted that this would provide another option for sorting CIP assets beyond their function, department or fund, by sorting them by priority and further analyze the financial strength of the bigger picture. Mayor Roe sought clarifica- tion that the intent was to aggregate reporting for the overall picture without elim- inating or consolidating individual funds for each CIP area. Chair Schroeder advised, if this recommendation was supported by the City Council, the Finance Commission's next step would be to get into more detail and provide additional information to the City Council. Given the current needs represented in the CIP and their priority level, Chair Schroeder noted that this delved into the justification part, not currently part of tonight's recommendation, but overarching consideration at which time the Fi- nance Commission would assist in defining guidance without categories and how best to apply it. As part of that, Commissioner Harold noted the Commission's interest in reviewing the Cedarholm Golf Course as part of the bigger picture and entire city CIP versus having each request come before the city in a piecemeal fashion but all included in that bigger picture.