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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 9, 2017 Page 10 opined that this would in turn provide a mechanism by which that information would flow to the City Council, similar to that done by other advisory commis- sions, and provide a different perspective. Councilmember McGehee opined that there were already other sets of eyes and ears (e.g. City Manager Trudgeon) that assisted Finance Director Miller; and sug- gested that if he thought it particularly prudent or necessary, he or the Finance Di- rector could have brought this forward. However, Councilmember McGehee opined that this was simply an attempt at micromanagement by the City Council; and expressed her preference that the Finance Commission continues to focus on the city's annual budget. Councilmember Willmus opined that his rationale involved the expertise of the Finance Commission versus that of the City Council, allowing their volunteer ser- vice to the city to be used as a resource. Councilmember Willmus clarified that he was in no way suggesting micromanagement of either function by the City Council. Mayor Roe stated that he was not supportive of the motion primarily because it created too broad of a charge for the Finance Commission. Mayor Roe noted past examples in giving such a broad charge to advisory commissions and the inherent problems it created versus providing solutions. Mayor Roe offered, to the extent that the IT function and License Center operations considered changes, the Fi- nance Commission may serve as a venue for vetting those changes. Mayor Roe noted that the Commission was not precluded from bringing such recommenda- tions forward for either of these functions either; but as to this specific motion and potential charge to the Commission, he was not in support of moving forward. Councilmember Etten expressed appreciation to Councilmember Willmus for the motion and his thoughts behind it. However, when best practices had been brought up by Councilmember Laliberte, Councilmember Etten opined that for him it muddied the waters on the role of the Finance Commission, which con- cerned him. Councilmember Etten agreed with Mayor Roe's comments that if the Finance Commission saw new things, they should bring them forward. If the City Council was seeking more robust information on either of these two city func- tions, Councilmember Etten opined that Finance Director Miller could provide it. Councilmember Etten further opined that the License Center had proven so suc- cessful to-date, that it had prompted this major expansion to improve prime opera- tions. Also, Councilmember Etten noted that the IT function continued to prove that it was a good financial deal for the City and of great benefit to the City of Ro- seville and participating partners. Since his intent to get this on the floor was to pursue this discussion, Coun- cilmember Willmus withdrew his motion.