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e a r i c ~1 g on ay, cto er , ~~7 ~a~e 17 porting it due to climate concerns, and the ability of the city to enforce traffic ac- cordingly. Ro11.Ca11 Ayes: Ihlan and Kough. Nays: Roe; Pust; and Klausing. 1Vlotion failed® A brief discussion was held regarding the need to hold a meeting on Monday, November 5, 2007; with no action taken. Public Corninent AI Sands, 2612 Aldine Mr. Sands expressed interest in debating budget issues; thanking Councilmember Roe and City Manager Malinen specifically for their work to-date on the budget; and asking the City Council to keep an open mind on the budget at this time; and spoke in support of the City considering costs of the City of Shoreview's budget methods and procedures. Mr. Sands distributed four bench handouts, entitled, "Roseville 2008 Budget - Various Statistics" among departments; "Compare Costs of Government Rose- ville to Shoreview;" "City of Roseville Full-Time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function Last Ten Fiscal Years;" and Minnesota State Auditor's Office City Financial Data Search (2005). Mr. Sands verbally commented on the bench handouts related to the budget; and asked Councilmembers to keep working on it and look behind the figures to de- termine where employees are allocated and if that's where they should be allo- cated. Mr. Sands also spoke in support of the Council considering support of the Home Nurse program. Mr. Sands had previously provided an e-mail to staff that was provided as a bench handout for Councilmembers, entitled "Extending Centre Pointe TIF for 2 more years." John Kysylyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn referenced the detailed questions of Councilmember Pust to staff on the 2008 budget; and questioned several items: 1) the apparent allotment of $10,000 in the Communications budget for a citizen survey (Item #3 ); 2) Recycling Budget (Item #27) and whether the City received an additional $55,000 in revenue for changing to weekly pick-up, or was the profit sharing monies being used to buy down the cost of Eureka's service to equal the original bid of Waste Management. 3 } How much have the annual contingency funds been used in the last 5 - 10 years; 4) How many times has the Police Chief overspent her budget, or has money been found through other cost savings in the department's budget to cover ad- ditional overtime.