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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 18, 2017 Page 6 General Fund, but otherwise questioned the value in spending time for reviewing either function. Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of Councilmember Willmus' sugges- tion, opining that the city was investing in the License Center and counting on considerable funds collected with the Passport function; and should ensure and consider a revenue-minded approach when investing in staff and new facilities to guarantee its stability. Therefore, Councilmember Laliberte stated that she was open to having the commission look at the License Center from that perspective. However, Councilmember Laliberte stated that while she wasn't sure if Coun- cilmember Willmus meant that as part of the commission's "other duties as as- signed"to include the IT function, she saw a review of either function as a service the City Council owed to the community in efforts to communicate and be trans- parent about any security risks. Councilmember Laliberte opined that she would prefer the review be performed by the commission versus the public contacting individual city staff. Mayor Roe clarified that the commission was tasked with City Council assigned duties, and such a review of either of those functions would not completely fall under the Finance Commission's purview as currently set up. Mayor Roe opined that neither IT practices nor data security involved a financial nexus, and while obviously involving some risk, it probably shouldn't lend itself to a public discus- sion either, given the actual security involved with data and networks. Specific to the License Center, from the aspect of looking at ways to improve their finances, Mayor Roe stated that he could agree to that, but not the operational aspect that didn't seem under their purview. Given tonight's discussion, Mayor Roe noted that there appeared to be two sets of different opinions, resulting in no clear guid- ance for the commission at this time. Chair Schroeder reiterated the City Council direction for proposed revisions for Attachment B to include adding Items G (with further wordsmithing) and H "Oth- er Duties as Assigned" for the next iteration. Review of Cash Carryover Fund & Cash Reserve Summary Sheet(Attachment C) Commissioner Zeller provided a recap of the six funds, their specific goals, and comparative year-end balances. Councilmember McGehee questioned the Community Development Fund and how their funds fit into this picture since they provided for their own funding and reserves through fees. Mayor Roe agreed that there wasn't a lot of discretion in spending of those re- serves.