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Attachment H <br />Finance Commission Minutes <br />September 8, 2020 Î Draft Minutes <br />Page 8 of 10 <br /> <br />315 <br />316 Commissioner Davies moved to accept the City Manager Proposed Budget with the addition of <br />317 three Police Officer positions going through the Preliminary Levy setting pending further <br />318 information from the Chief of Police and City Manager and action at the October Finance <br />319 Commission meeting. <br />320 <br />321 Chair Murray asked Commissioner Sagisser if the new motion would be acceptable for him to <br />322 second it. <br />323 <br />324 Commissioner Sagisser indicated he would be uncomfortable specifically recommending three <br />325 more officers without understanding, with what is going on in the world, exactly what the reason <br />326 was, and the City ManagerÓs definition was a little light. <br />327 <br />328 Commissioner Davies asked what kind of a motion Commissioner Sagisser would be <br />329 comfortable with. <br />330 <br />331 Commissioner Sagisser explained he would be comfortable accepting the initial levy level to be <br />332 able to fund the three additional officers pending further explanation of what those officers are <br />333 needed for or why the Police Chief would recommend them. <br />334 <br />335 Commissioner Davies thought that was what her motion stated. <br />336 <br />337 Commissioner Sagisser indicated he did not say he was recommending three Police Officers. He <br />338 wondered if that made sense to the Commission. <br />339 <br />340 Chair Murray thought Commissioner SagissersÓ recommendation would be setting the budget at <br />341 a level to fund three Police Officers. <br />342 <br />343 Commissioner Sagisser indicated it would be the initial budget because it could be lowered. <br />344 <br />345 Chair Murray indicated he understood and thought it would be based on pending explanation <br />346 further justification from the Police Chief as to needs and usage of these officers. <br />347 <br />348 Commissioner Sagisser concurred. <br />349 <br />350 Commissioner Davies indicated that was basically what she meant in her motion. <br />351 <br />352 Commissioner Bester indicated he could support that. <br />353 <br />354 Commissioner Sagisser moved, seconded by Commissioner Davies, to recommend to the City <br />355 Council setting the initial preliminary levy, sufficient to fund the additional officers but pending <br />356 further justification from the Police Chief with regard to the need for the three officers and the <br />357 City Manager as to what the full justification was to cut them. The motion carried <br />358 unanimously. <br />359 <br /> <br />