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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 16, 2018 Page 8 sources; keeping a focus on Rice-Larpenter and initiatives with the neighboring cities and the County to ensure there is a program for success there. Councilmember Willmus stated he generally agrees with Councilmember Etten. The Council has to be cognizant of what is going on around the City as well. The Council is responsible for the City of Roseville budget and levy as well as the EDA budget and levy. Property taxpayers in Roseville have experienced signifi- cant increases through bond issue or increased levy issues for the school districts. It is important to make the commitments to the CIP and make adjustments as nec- essary. Regarding changes in programs or service levels, that is a tricky question because of where the Council is in the budget process. Many Councilmembers will be out meeting with the public, and that will play into his positions right up until the final budget and levy is created. It is important to know what the expec- tations of the community is. That is an area where the Council needs to be some- what flexible. It would be a disservice to say nothing will be changed. Councilmember McGehee expressed support for GARE and the natural resources program. There was some significant feedback from the community survey, and there were also some significant changes from the joint meeting with the Park and Rec Commission. It is time to regroup and see what kind of a financial bump may be had from the community building. She also thinks it is important to keep working on the reserve spending. If the City were to take care of its reserves and go forward without any further initiatives, it would be an annual increase of$500- $600 for the median priced home. That is a lot. She wanted to put out the figures to the public. She likes not using reserves and the attempts to wean the City budget off relying on reserves. Councilmember Laliberte responded she has been thinking about the community survey. The City is doing a pretty good job with the roads, and it can also be dif- ficult to know what is a City road and what is a County road. Traffic and conges- tion are issues, and the City has to continually be working with other partners to address those issues and come up with solutions to get people moving through the City better. Focusing on infrastructure is important, and maybe taking a look at the perception of rising crime. She believes the program and service levels cur- rently being offered need to stay where they are at, because attention needs to be paid to the reserves and the CIP. Mayor Roe commented that another $100,000 towards reducing the use of re- serves is healthy. However, the Council may want to look at more than that. One of the things the Council can do is when concerns related to crime or streets arise is look at shifting existing resources. Councilmember Laliberte followed up on the issue of transportation in the SE Ro- seville area, noting that an update on the private circulator bus is also necessary.