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Attachment H Finance Commission Minutes September 8, 2020 Î Draft Minutes Page 7 of 10 270 Commissioner Reif thought the three police officers should be added into the budget and get 271 more information from the new Police Chief. 272 273 Commissioner Barclay thought from his own perspective, looking at the height of crime and all 274 of the things happening, having additional Police Officers added to what the City has makes a lot 275 of sense but he thought having more information as to why from the current Police Chief would 276 be helpful. 277 278 Commissioner Reif moved, seconded by Commissioner Davies, to accept the City Manager 279 Recommended Budget and Tax Levy adding three Police Officer positions be added to the City 280 ManagerÓs proposed 2021 budget. 281 282 Chair Murray wondered if it would be wiser to not specify a number, maybe revise to say, Ðas 283 recommended by the Police ChiefÑ. 284 285 Commissioner Reif indicated he would be agreeable to that. 286 287 Ms. Pietrick thought the corresponding tax increase for the Police Officers should be added to 288 the motion as well. 289 290 Commissioner Sagisser thought maybe the recommendation would be to simply set the budget at 291 the level that would pay for those officers and request further evaluation. 292 293 Chair Murray asked if Commissioner Sagisser would like to make an amendment to the motion. 294 295 Commissioner Sagisser offered his previous statement as a friendly amendment. 296 297 Commissioner Reif indicated he would like to leave his motion the way it was. 298 299 Chair Murray indicated before he voted he hesitated to send a recommendation to the City 300 Council that is not strongly endorsed by them. As a matter of fact, as far as he knew the 301 Commission has never sent a recommendation that was not unanimously supported. 302 303 Commissioner Bester indicated he continued to feel at a loss without a definitive statement from 304 the Chief of Police. 305 306 Commissioner Sagisser explained that is why he worded his revision the way he did because he 307 did not have an opinion and there is not enough information for him to make a decision. He 308 thought a more definitive statement is needed. 309 310 The motion failed due to a split vote. Ayes: Reif, Barclay, Davies. Nay: Bester, Sagisser, 311 Murray. 312 313 Chair Murray explained he would like to craft a motion in order to get a unanimous decision and 314 would help present the proposal to the Council if the Commission would all agree.