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City Council Work Session Meeting Monday,April 16,2018 Page 4 Councilmember Willmus suggested adjusting the schedule by another week in or- der for the Council to process the Finance Commission's recommendations and to include their meeting minutes. Mayor Roe suggested moving the Finance Commission's meeting back a week. City Manager Trudgeon suggested he present the City Manager budget to the Council on August 13th, with the Finance Commission receiving a copy at their meeting on August 14th. The Council concurred. Councilmember McGehee asked whether the Truth-in-Taxation meeting can be moved up so that the Council has another meeting before it adopts the final levy and utility rates. City Manager Trudgeon noted that the November dates are part of a statutory re- quirement. The Truth-in-Taxation needs to be after November 20th, so that resi- dents have received their property tax statements. Councilmember Laliberte asked about the postcards. City Manager Trudgeon asked for Council feedback on the postcards. Councilmember Laliberte stated residents need a way to provide feedback, and not everyone is on their computer. She is in favor of that tactile feedback. Councilmember McGehee noted one of the shortcomings is that the City has not taken the data received and presented it. That is discouraging to residents who have provided the feedback. If the City newsletter can have a focus on the budget that would be a good place to include resident feedback. Councilmember Willmus stated there might be an expectation that the City will utilize information that comes in from the postcards differently than information that comes in via phone call or email. He suggested the postcards as currently handled are fine as another mechanism for outreach. City Manager Trudgeon noted the cost is $3,300 for the production of the post- cards. Resident utilization of the postcards has also fallen off since they were in- troduced. Councilmember Willmus asked about the cost and staff time to mail them back. City Manager Trudgeon stated residents use their own stamp, and all the post- cards come to him, so very little staff time is involved in the process.