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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 12, 2009 Page 21 open enrollment pending for employee health care, and other COLA figures not yet available. Acting Mayor Roe suggested that staff plug into Attachment A more specific items on Attachment B as a helpful starting point. Councilmember Pust noted that some decision-makers needed numbers from which to work. Mr. Miller advised that it was staff's goal to have the numbers included with the priorities and rankings by November 9, 2009; allowing staff to bring forward a staff-recommended budget at that time, program by program, and resources needed to accomplish goals and objectives; allowing the City Council to reallo- cate or eliminate programs or services accordingly. Councilmember Johnson opined that the City Council had made an agreement with staff with the Council majority voted on the BFO approach and process; and should be working on the process, rather than the ongoing debate. Councilmem- ber Johnson noted that there was an additional meeting, October 26, 2009 not in- cluded on the schedule, allowing additional time for staff to get the numbers into the rankings, or Phase II of the process. Councilmember Johnson offered his con- tinued support of the BFO process, keeping debate to a minimum to accomplish the task at hand. Acting Mayor Roe noted that staff may need two weeks to compile the informa- tion to provide to Councilmembers. Councilmember Ihlan advised that, in requesting this information, she was trying to make a good faith effort to do prioritizations; however, again expressed her frustration with the lack of support of her colleagues. Councilmember Ihlan ques- tioned why, if she liked to use numbers, why she couldn't receive the requested numbers to allow her to do her job. Councilmember Ihlan, related to employee health care costs, opined that it was unproductive to put the City Council in a po- sition that programs and/or services would need to be cut to accommodate ade- quate health care benefits for employees. Acting Mayor Roe advised that Mr. Miller had already been requested to apply the numbers, based on the 2009 budget and Springsted report. Councilmember Ihlan renewed and expanded upon her motion: Ihlan moved, Pust seconded, requesting a 2010 staff-recommended budget by Oc- tober 26, 2009, that corresponded to the preliminary budget and levy, similar to that presented in 2009, as a framework for the BFO process and for discussion purposes.