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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 09, 2009 Page 9 zens as their representatives; and suggested that it may make more sense to look at Parks and Recreation Marketing as a possible way to restore funding for ice rinks, or at least a portion of them. Councilmember Roe spoke in support of restoring funding for all neighborhood ice rinks. Along those lines, Councilmember Ihlan noted, on the last page of the budget below the yellow line, noted the "other" category ranked as a 1 by the City Council, with staff ranking it high and its appearance in the ad- justed budget; and suggested there may be some room for adjustment in order to preserve outdoor ice rinks. City Manager Malinen reiterated the purpose of content of the "other" categories, with staff having left that item as identified in the Springsted Report, and representing numerous items that were inherent to each de- partment's day-to-day operations. However, Mr. Malinen suggested that in the future staff would need to be more methodical in defining the "other" category, rather than the current accounting/rounding system. Mr. Malinen advised that, in this first go around, the skating rinks were a large number, with large revenue off-set. Councilmember Johnson, in reviewing the Police Department Administra- tion category, noted 2008 and 2009 final budget figures; but noted the lack of any substantive figures for 2009, while still budgeting for 2010 and the apparent $141,000 discrepancy. Mr. Miller advised that the 2009 final numbers reflected the loss of State Aid, and represented the amended budget in the spring of 2009; with the Police Department budget an example of reallocating annually where cer- tain personnel were assigned. Mr. Miller advised that there was a change during that 2009 for one FTE from police patrol to police administration. Mr. Miller noted that personnel costs increased by 3% in 2008; however, advised that the increase would have been larger if the allocation had not been switched from patrol to administration. Councilmember Johnson sought comparison information for the Police Department between 2008 and 2009; and whether this represented a con- tingency account and how staff allocated such a contingency. Mr. Miller advised that the City only kept a generic contingency account, which was not earmarked for any one department, but available through- out the year as needs indicated. Councilmember Johnson requested a copy of the 2008 actual and proposed budgets.