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Regular City Council Meeting — DRAFT Minutes Monday, April 23,2007 Page 25 1 Mayor Klausing spoke in support of the concept, but questioned how � to proceed in adhering to and mal�ing those policies consistent and �3 representing overall goals. 4 � Councilinember Pust opined her support for reviewing each specific �� policy as part of the initial discussion; and suggested that Councii�- � members ask their specific questions of staff on each policy, and from � tonight's discussion, bring back suggested changes to the City Council � for adoption en-mass. 1 [.� 1� Mayor Klausing concurred with Councilmember Pust's suggestion. l �. 13 Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of getting the policies formal- 1� ized as resolutions, including other infonnal policies incorporated in 1� the annual budget book (i.e., Tax Increment Financing Policy). 1� � 7 City Manager �alinen opined that some of those policies were not 18 necessarily budget-related, such as the TIF policy, noting that the ]�a policies selected by staff for tonight's discussion have definite budget �+� implications; and suggested that those other policies be addressed in � 1 future discussions, not within the time constraints of the budget proc- �� ess. �:3 �� Councilmember Ihlan advocated that all policies be formalized in �� resolution form, and at a minimum, to adopt what was already on the �� books. �� �� Councilmember Ihlan opined that, since staff was already meeting to �9 initiate considerations for the 2008 budget, and in light of tonight's 3� policy discussion, she requested that the City Council schedule time to �1 get a handle on what would be needed to maintain City services. �� Councilmember Ihlan noted that it had proven helpful in the past to �'� identify new needs or projects in order to maintain services and im- 3� pacts to the budget; including identifying increased or decreased reve- �:�� nue sources; and parameters or policies for establishing the annual ;3fi levy. �'�