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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 27, 2017 Page 26 Councilmember Laliberte suggested specific language to assist Mr. Mansky and reduce city staffing costs. Ms. Olson advised that the League of Minnesota Cities and Metro Cities had an improved absentee voting process as part of their 2018 legislative policies, with draft language forthcoming but not necessarily in the form of language for a bill at this point. Councilmember Laliberte asked to see that language at staff's earliest conven- ience. City Manager Trudgeon advised that, when staff brings these priorities back for final City Council adoption, specific language would be part of that presentation. Mayor Roe opined that the process was made more cumbersome by calling it "ab- sentee balloting" versus "early voting" and suggested streamlining it by calling it such. Councilmember Laliberte opined that language mattered a lot, and questioned if "early voting" applied nationwide. Fund DEED Redevelopment Grant Program and the Demolition Loan Program (page 33 Community Development Director Kari Collins reported that she was not aware of other communities advocating for DEED program dollars, but since they were widely used, she considered potential strength in numbers if other cities agreed to advocate for those dollars. Councilmember Etten stated his support for all of these programs related to city operations. Specifically, Councilmember Etten supported the DEED item to as- sist with redevelopment needs for inner-ring cities, hoping colleagues in other in- ner-ring suburbs would concur. Advocate for an Increase in Transportation Funding(page 23 - 31) Mr. Trudgeon noted the huge transportation needs in Minnesota, including Rose- ville, and static nature of Municipal State Aid (MSA) funds for some time, and noted the number of county and state roads that went through the City of Rose- ville. Mr. Trudgeon clarified that he referred to transportation as inclusive of any transit, and noted the funding was tricky, often bringing to the forefront gas tax as a revenue option. Therefore, Mr. Trudgeon asked that the City Council fully rec- ognize, if they took a position, the city needed to be specific on what it was seek- ing. Councilmember Etten questioned if the city was in a position to create legislation, and if it took out specifics and looked at transportation funding phases as per the