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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 4, 2017 Page 12 ing to pay for rental on two spaces, one currently sitting empty in anticipation of intended renovations for the License Center. In response to the clubhouse building comments of Councilmember McGehee, Councilmember Willmus responded that there were lengthy considerations given to various options and finishes during the process, with some things retained and others removed. In response to Councilmember Etten's suggestion for use of the $580,000, Coun- cilmember Willmus sought to clarify if he was seeking a third solution from Mayor Roe on identified funds, perhaps by taking a portion to directly inject into the General Fund. Councilmember Etten responded that this would be his preference for some mid- dle ground splitting that amount with some going to general facilities, some to the park CIP and some toward the general budget resulting in lower planned uses of reserves. In response to Councilmembers Etten and Willmus, Mayor Roe proposed that in- stead of$290,000 per year per fund, that scenario would result in approximately $215,000 to $220,000 per year per fund. In response to Councilmember Laliberte, Mayor Roe clarified that while opera- tion reserves were sometimes used for one-time costs in past annual budget and levy decision-making, they were actually also frequently used for ongoing opera- tional costs. In that spirit, Mayor Roe agreed that the reserves were taxes already collected and therefore the majority support by the council seemed to be that their use was an appropriate way to go in ultimately reducing increases to the annual levy or without further reducing spending to compensate. Specific to the License Center, Mayor Roe noted that City Council action had al- ready been taken to reject all bids and direct staff to revisit purchase of the build- ing. In his personal analysis of that action, Mayor Roe noted that even if the city wanted to reduce costs since the bids had been submitted based on a specific package, they had to be rejected. However, Mayor Roe stated his support to re- view the architectural specifications for revision for a lower level or different op- tions going forward with the next bid process. With concurrence from City At- torney Gaughan, Mayor Roe clarified that the City Council had legal limitations and could not have, after accepting the bids, open them up for cost-saving measures, but having rejected the bids, the City Council could do so as part of any rebid process when appropriate. Mayor Roe opined that remodeling was still re- quired, whether applied for a five-year lease or to a more long-term situation. Specific to FTE's, Mayor Roe addressed some of the additional employees were not only related to the Fire Department's reorganization but a result of infor-