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City Council Study Session — 03120106 DRAFT Minutes - Page 20 information from staff on a potential combination of the traditional and outcome budgeting processes; and staff suggestions for implementation. Councilmember Kough was leaning toward a more traditional budgeting process, with department accountability for their specific programs and services. — Councilmember Maschka expressed interest in the budgeting for _ outcomes budgeting process, but questioned staff on the — implications for enterprise funds and the City's Information Technology (IT) enterprise. Mr. Miller noted that the Council could identify those programs that were revenue generating or paid for themselves completely; with some lending themselves well to the process and others proving more challenging. Further discussion included managing IT services against whether or not to keep a swimming pool open at a City park and how to manage those financial outcomes; prioritizing community values with operations that are self-sustaining and those that are not, but still a valuable community service. Councilmember Maschka supported a hybrid between the traditional budgeting process and the outcome budgeting process. Staff was directed, with apparent consensus, to provide additional information on how to incorporate the traditional and outcome-based process, for a"hybrid" process by initiating some outcome-based within the traditional budget framework, with the eventual goal for implementation of the outcome-based budgeting process. City Manager Beets noted that the City Council needed to provide staff with their intent for strategic planning andlor community visioning to incorporate the two processes. Councilmember Pust expressed interest in, and requested additional information from staff, on how a phase-in process would work; and sought additional staff suggestions for �