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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 12, 2024 Page 9 there is the total budget and putting it together is one thing, but making sure there is still the detail in each area, in order to find what is self-sustainable. Looking at the whole picture, she was not sure how good it is breaking it out. Councilmember Groff agreed and thought it was better not to have that designation because it confuses people. He thought clarity was better and that would clarify it in his mind. Mayor Roe indicated it did not seem like there was an objection to getting rid of that distinction. Mr. Trudgeon continued on with his presentation regarding the EDA budget with a format going back to the HRA and thought a new format might work better and still shows the big picture. Councilmember Schroeder explained she did like the old format detail but understands the consistency and having them all in the same format, considering the Council wants to include it in the budget process. Her biggest point would be if the other services and charges were changed,because it is still too big of a number. She would not be in favor of changing the format if those numbers stay the way they are presented. She would be more comfortable with the format change if the numbers were broken down into more categories. Councilmember Etten concurred. He was on the HRA the last year before it was folded into the EDA and he liked the format because it helped him to understand what was going on inside of a depai Intent. He noted it is something he has appreciated but understands that it might be excessive. Even within that, there are categories so he wondered how staff could show some detail without having to do too complex of information. Mr. Trudgeon indicated he understands Councilmember Etten's point about having that knowledge. The EDA is a unique body of the City Council, has a relatively small budget, and it gives the Council the ability to perhaps look a little deeper than other departments' budgets. Mayor Roe thought there may be a way to do both. The document can be maintained when the EDA looks at its budget but then when it gets to the Council, it is the standardized format. He noted all of the information that was provided,the net changes report that talks about changes in cost and changes in revenues, City wide, there were some line items about EDA program changes, so it is accounted for in the City's documentation. But, he thought it was nice to have that detail at the EDA level. He also agreed regarding breaking down the Other Services category to help that also.