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City Council Meeting Monday, November 22, 2010 Page 22 Councilmember Johnson noted that he'd attended a Planning Workshop in 2001; however, he noted that this had been approved as a separate request on a Consent Agenda, as per City Council directive to staff. Councilmember Ihlan sought additional information on the increase of $2,080 for the Financial Audit, with Mr. Miller advising that this was the additional percentage increase built into and agreed upon for the three year contract for independent audit services as detailed in the consultant agreement with the City, previously approved by the City Council, and for which the City was ob- ligated to abide by. Councilmember Ihlan noted the provisions of the City Attorney contracting al- lowing for annual review of the contract to determine if adjustments were in- dicated. City Manager Malinen advised that this was a provision mutually agreed upon by the City Attorney and City of Roseville, and based on numerous factors. City Manager Malinen advised that the review of the City Attorney contract had been completed with no changes recommended. Councilmember Ihlan reviewed proposed Cost of Living Adjustments (CO- LA) reductions from three percent (3 to one percent (1 and confusion in COLA increases and step increases, seeking assurance that that allotment was not counted twice. Finance Director Miller cautioned that the amounts projected were approxi- mations at this time, based initial Department Head requests and City Manag- er recommendations for each department, with an approximate $5,000 needed to cover step increases throughout the various departments, but not yet speci- fied per department on their final line item budgets. Councilmember Ihlan noted a number of Department budgets indicating a sig- nificant increase in telephone costs, but not across the board, and sought clari- g fication. Councilmember Ihlan questioned how she could how she could de- termine if the overall costs were increasing or how they were allocated. Finance Director Miller advised that city -wide overall phone costs were not going up, just a redistribution of the formula used to allocate costs among de- partments, with staff tweaking that allocation periodically. Mr. Miller advised that he didn't have the specific allocation formula with him, but overall, antic- ipated a slight decrease in phone costs, through the City's continued partner- ships on the City's phone system to defray costs for Roseville taxpayers. Councilmember Ihlan advised that she would use the Budget Workpapers as she continued her review, and submit additional questions to staff for their re- sponse prior to scheduled final budget adoption on December 6, 2010. Coun-