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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 Page 7 would be documented. The cash carry forward fund makes it simpler for the Council to see the total results for the City and the Council gets to decide, if any- thing, with the funds. Just because the money is in the fund does not mean it ac- tually has to be spent. Commissioner Reif stated in the year that he has been on the Commission there have been numerous discussions on a Cash Reserve Fund. He would basically echo Chair Schroeder's comments that if the sweep is done into a General Cash Reserve Fund, it makes it that much more visible to the Council. It makes it easier for the Council to see the totality the City has and can be divided up if necessary where needs are elsewhere within the City. Commissioner Murray agreed with the other Commissioners and noted this was a unanimous decision of the Finance Commission that was carefully worked out. Councilmember Laliberte thanked the Commission for their persistence in this and for all of the work that was done. No one else came forward. Mayor Roe stated the City Council has the decision to make if the Cash Carry Forward Account should be created with the excess funds being swept into that account and also how to deal with the deficit in the General Fund below the min- imum target. He asked if the Council wanted to prime the pump to make sure the $340,000 of intended deficit spending from the General Fund in 2019 is being ac- counted for. Councilmember Etten believed the numbers in today's RCA to separate out the CIP will helps show the City Council what is actually going on with the funds and to see the CIP funds more clearly. He thought that was a very good process. An- other thing is that sometimes departments might need to put some money away for certain things and some of it is Capital. He wondered if that has been pulled out from the information. Mr. Miller stated that has not. Councilmember Etten asked if there has been any discussion around the same lev- els of transparency with some of the departments that are within the General Fund itself. Mr. Miller asked if Councilmember Etten meant to further segregate the cash be- ing held in the General Fund.