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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 9, 2017 Page 8 Willmus moved, Laliberte seconded, directing the Finance Commission to work with City Finance Department staff to review operations within the License Cen- ter and Information Technology function of the city at a broader level to garner a better understanding of those operations and how they're conducted; and to re- view and recommend any best practices that may improve functions in either of those areas. As she shared during the last discussion of this issue, Councilmember Laliberte noted that many other advisory commissions had an opportunity to work with staff and look at various aspects of city operations; opining that these two func- tions should also be similarly analyzed. Councilmember McGehee spoke in opposition to the motion , opining that it would take staff time and also that she didn't feel it was part of the Finance Commission's charge to perform this analysis, nor had she intended to provide such a charge to the Finance Commission when she approved its creation. She felt the Commission whould remain continually busy with its other significant charges to be addressed. Councilmember McGehee opined that the License Cen- ter is largely governed by State Statute, with many moving parts, and had proven successful in its operation and continued to provide additional revenue to the City's General Fund. Also, Councilmember McGehee also opined that the IT function was not under the City of Roseville Finance Commission's purview since it served forty-one separate entities as a cooperative consortium completely outside Roseville operations. Councilmember McGehee opined that to analyze its operations would be an overreach of the Roseville City Council since the INET consortium continued to serve the city well in reducing its own local IT costs. As alluded to by City Manager Trudgeon in his opening remarks in seeking City Council direction on specific tasking to the Finance Commission, Councilmember Etten asked Councilmember Willmus to expound on what he was seeking: a more robust finance situation for those city functions or an analysis of each of their op- erations and work flow. In response, Councilmember Willmus clarified that he wasn't looking for that mi- cro-level of operations, but was looking at the broader financial picture of those functions and how they tied back in with other city functions. Councilmember Willmus opined that it would still help to have more eyes looking at those pro- cesses and report back to the City Council on the conduct of those operations and their benefit to the city. Councilmember Etten questioned Councilmember Willmus, as brought up by one Finance Commissioner at their previous joint meeting with the City Council, where the city's oversight would come into play. In response, Councilmember Willmus clarified that his intent was not for an over- sight role by the Finance Commission, but more of an understanding and report-