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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 7, 2010 Page 11 related costs. Councilmember Pust noted the need for inventorying private prop- erties having Ash trees, as well as the grant funding for boulevard tree invento- ries; and impacts to environmental cycles needing immediate action. Council- member Pust encouraged Commissioners to make this a priority for an integrated plan, and subsequent recommendations to the City Council. Commissioners expressed their concerns with the continued elimination of Dis- eased and Hazardous Tree funds; and how those funds should be allocated. Councilmember Johnson asked hypothetically, given tonight's discussion, how the Commission recommended paying for extra staff and maintenance of a com- munity center; noting the difficulties being faced by the City of Duluth after using regional and state tax money to build facilities that they couldn't maintain over the long-term, noting that those monies couldn't be used for maintenance; and recommended some serious planning for long-term staffing and maintenance of such a facility. Chair Stark thanked Councilmembers and Commissioners for the good discus- sion. Recess Mayor Klausing recessed the meeting at approximately 7:44 p.m. and reconvened at approx- imately 7:52 p.m. 11. Public Hearings 13. Business Items - Presentations/Discussions a. Discussion on the ZO11 Priority-Based Budgeting Program Ranking Metho- dology Finance Director Chris Miller provided potential specific criteria/definitions for each ranking category (Attachment A) to continue discussions, as detailed in the RCA dated June 7, 2010. Discussion included ranking of mandatory obligations and whether those service levels were also mandated; Councilmembers appeared in agreement on the proposed ranking (Attachment A), requesting that, for those mandatory items not requiring any ranking (i.e., insur- ance), staff include them at the beginning of budget worksheets as a reminder to Councilmembers and for public awareness that they were mandated obligations. By consensus, Councilmembers approved adoption of the Program Ranking Me- thodology prioritization categories for 2011 Priority-Based Budgeting as detailed in the RCA dated June 7, 2010.