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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 25, 2019 Page 23 Councilmember Laliberte stated on line 26, there is the Whereas that talks about consistent and equitable but in the Therefore Be It Resolved, it only states "addi- tional." She thought those points about consistent and equitable funding needed to be factored in. Mayor Roe asked if Councilmember Laliberte wanted to keep the word "addition- al" and add in the other two or substitute those two for"additional." Councilmember Laliberte stated she was open but thought "consistent and equita- ble"was important. Councilmember Groff thought Mr. Trudgeon had talked to the lobbyist the City is paying money to and wondered if she had an opinion on the 2031 bill being con- sidered. He asked if the lobbyist supported the bill, indicated where she thought it was going, and recommended the City support that bill. Mr. Trudgeon stated the lobbyist indicated if the bill is in the interest of Roseville, then to move forward with it. Whether the likelihood of that passing, it was in- troduced by a Republican who is a minority in the House, but it did get heard and thus could be included in the House omnibus tax bill. The feedback he has gotten is that it is probably not very likely to move too far in this particular session but is an idea that is being considered. Councilmember Groff asked if Representative Becker-Finn or Representative Hausman have been spoken to on this bill. Mr. Trudgeon stated none are on HF 2031 and he did not believe there were any co-authors from Roseville on the LGA bills either. He noted he has not spoken directly to either one. Councilmember Groff indicated that was information he might want to have be- fore he would support anything. Councilmember Laliberte did not think the Representatives of Roseville were on the tax committees that maybe would look for authors that come from those committees specifically. She thought more importantly, when she was involved in conversations at Metro Cities the conversation was if this is something that supports Roseville then it is important to be heard on. Whether it passes or not, the City should say this is something that the City has interest in, has a stake in, cares about, and is really part of a broader conversation that the City is trying to be a part of. The City should have a voice on that rather than being silent even if this one is not the one to be included in the Omnibus of this bill. Councilmember Etten concurred and stated the City's situation is advocating for how Roseville can be supported and this certainly would help with the budget