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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 09, 2009 Page 7 City Manager Malinen advised that it was his understanding that some- thing had been provided to Councilmembers, showing how individual De- partment Heads ranked their items. Councilmembers Pust and Johnson concurred that they were not aware of having received this information to-date. Councilmember Johnson opined that he was awaiting an electronic file of what the City Council had worked on at their October 26, 2009 meeting that would include that information. Councilmember Roe noted that the information may have been included on the overall matrix with lines, but that information may have been hid- den. Finance Director Chris Miller advised that he was not sure if the informa- tion had been provided to Councilmembers, but he would follow-up and provide the information. Councilmember Johnson questioned if it was typical to use a combination of staff and City Council composites in the ranking process. City Manager Malinen advised that staff had performed their rankings in tandem with the City Council, and that including their composite rankings was up to the City Council. Mr. Malinen suggested that it may be helpful to have that information during City Council deliberations to observe any different and/or divergent rankings and their respective perspectives. Councilmember Ihlan noted that, when the BFO process was first pro- posed, rankings were to come from the public, as a community-based process. However, Councilmember Ihlan noted that, as a result of the poorly attended community meetings, and limited input from the public at those meetings, this proposed budget ended up being a staff and City Council-ranked budget, not one prioritized by the public. Councilmember Ihlan expressed concern that there was no way to match the proposed budget with how the members of the public wanted their tax monies spent. Councilmember Ihlan further noted the complete elimination in the Park Maintenance Fund of outdoor ice rinks and questioned the intent of this elimination. City Manager Malinen confirmed that the proposed 2010 Budget did not include any outdoor neighborhood ice rink preparation and/or mainte- nance, representing rankings, and the cost to the City to do so.