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City Council Study Session — 03120106 <br />DRAFT Minutes - Page 19 <br />Miller further cautioned that there were some functions of the <br />City government that didn't lend themselves well to a <br />competitive bidding process, or that could be easily changed <br />from one provider to another. <br />Mr. Miller sought Council direction; and whether to follow the <br />traditional budgeting process and assumptions; or to look at <br />budgeting for outcomes or a modified approach to such an <br />alternative. <br />Discussion included the City Council providing their priorities <br />and commitment to those priorities; how to quantify certain <br />service levels (i.�., Fire Department budget and impact to <br />response times); whether to consider budgeting for outcomes for <br />all resources, or tax-funded services and programs (i.e., <br />Enterprise Funds that are self-supporting); implications and <br />relationship to the ongoing Community Visioning process and <br />whether it would applicable to change the process for the 2007 <br />budget or wait for the visioning process to be finished and target <br />the 2008 budget; need for and impact of extensive public <br />comment and community involvement, and the need for a well- <br />managed process to not send inconsistent messages to the public; <br />and potential contract issues and collective bargaining timing and <br />processes related to outsourcing. <br />Mr. Miller opined that implementing a budgeting for outcomes <br />process would be a multi-yearprocess; proposing that maybe 1-2 <br />dozen items could be evaluated annually; and could go hand in <br />hand with the visioning process currently being undertaken. <br />Further discussion included budgeting money for the visioning <br />process; administrative and policy standpoints of the proposed <br />model from a taxpayer and resident perception of government's <br />transparency and service levels; <br />Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of a more traditional <br />approach and potential consideration of one program or service <br />— initially to determine how the process would work. <br />Councilmember Pust expressed interest in phasing in the <br />budgeting for outcomes process; and requested additional <br />