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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 17, 2023 Page 8 Mayor Roe asked if the goal of this outreach effort was to get back the one and half positions back into the program and fully fund what happened prior to those changes. Ms. Dickinson explained she was hoping to replace the one lost position for sure and she did not include any of the numbers of the clients Tubman is not serving. Councilmember Etten asked what work is happening with Ramsey County to try to recover dollars or what work would Roseville be able to help with in Ramsey County. Ms. Dickinson explained Ramsey County puts out an RFP every year for advocacy services and Tubman applies for that every year. She noted Ramsey County is pretty tight lipped about their process and where the funding goes but it is her understanding that it has gone to other agencies and a great deal of the money goes to St. Paul Intervention Project, which is the main advocacy agency for the City or St. Paul. Mayor Roe noted the request was to take this under advisement. There is a budget process the Council is just getting into and the City Manager is going to be recommending his budget. One of the things that he had mentioned in early conversations with Mr. Trudgeon was that the City needed to take a step back from a larger policy perspective because of two things. One is the City does provide some funding now to the Roseville Area Schools Senior Program and has provided funding to Northeast Youth and Family Services for a long time. There is very much a nexus between what they do and what the City does. He thought it was similar to what has been described by Tubman so as the Council is considering this, they should also think about a more general policy because the reality of non-profit funding is that it is harder and harder to find funds, especially for operating costs. In addition, there are a number of non-profits in and around Roseville that may be looking for support. He thought the Council and staff needed to have the general policy discussion about this request as a part of their next couple of months' worth of budget discussions. He noted the Council will not be deciding tonight, but someone will contact Tubman regarding the request. Councilmember Strahan stated she appreciates their services and it is important for the Council to ask a lot of questions and talk about it because the City did fund some of the smaller non-profits housed within Roseville earlier this year on a one- time basis. So, it is important to understand the City's policy for supporting non- profits because the City has a lot of great organizations that serve in the City. Mayor Roe thanked Ms. Dickinson and Ms. Morgan for coming to the Council for the request. c. Discuss Draft Sewer Availability Charge Credit Policy