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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 Page 8 Councilmember Etten indicated the Council is looking at four smaller funds and then the General Fund in aggregate and he did not know if there was any discus- sion at any point about looking at other departments at this level. Mr. Miller stated there has not. Most of the General Fund programs do not gener- ate revenue so there is not really any cash to track or any cash left over. There might be unspent budgets left over from one year to the next and there might be years where spending is more than what was budgeted, but there is not separate cash to track. Mayor Roe stated in the budget supplement document, the Council does have the breakdown on the spending side by function. Councilmember Willmus stated he was supportive of creating a cash carry for- ward fund, but he was also supportive of putting in place some mechanism by which the Council can track where the dollars are coming from that flow into that fund. As the members of the Finance Commission spoke to, he thought this would add a layer of clarity to things and it was important to do as it thereby be- comes a mechanism which people can understand the flow of dollars and what the City is doing with access dollars. He thought that was something the City has not done in the recent past and would be a great improvement going forward. Councilmember Groff stated he would agree with creating a cash carry forward fund because he did not want the City to be in this position next year. He also thought the General Fund needed to be brought up to where it needs to be. Councilmember Etten stated he was supportive of a cash carry forward fund only with the caveat of being able to track where the money came from. Councilmember Groff thought tracking where the money came from would be very hard to do over time. Mayor Roe stated the City has the Parks and Recreation Fund where there is a single target and not a range. He wondered if the Council wanted to have a fol- low-up discussion about what is appropriate to look at for a range for the Parks and Recreation Department because Council may not want to sweep everything that is above the high range target because the target is also the minimum target. He thought the Council might want some thoughtful discussion for next year for that fund. Laliberte moved, Groff seconded, to establish a cash carry forward fund as of De- cember 31, 2018 based on what was described as a way of tracking where the funds came from. Council Discussion