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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 15, 2010 Page 10 funds for future City Councils to perhaps abuse, that funds should be requested as new or increased property taxes. Mayor Klausing concurred with the reasons laid out by Councilmember Roe on how the City would have more control over a proposed street light utility fee than current property tax allocations for the same service; and concurred that a fee was more transparent. However, Mayor Klausing disagreed that this was a hidden tax, or arguments of fees versus taxes and that this was not something a user could turn off or on. Mayor Klausing opined that this related to a specific benefit or service, when property taxes were levied to pay for more things considered for the general welfare, such as fire or police services. Mayor Klausing further opined that a light utility was a more specific need and fee; with the obvious capital need alone obvious on next year's budget proposal included in the staff report. Councilmember Roe opined that a user fee made sense for all the City's utilities; however, as he had previously indicated, he would not support a street light utility tonight without the additional components addressed as he had outlined. Councilmember Pust asked if the City Council took no formal action denying the request if it would come back before the City Council. City Manager Malinen responded that staff would not bring it forward again. No formal action was taken. 10. Presentations a. Receive Draft City Performance Measures Finance Director Chris Miller briefly summarized staff's initial development of performance measures to complement the numerous reports and statistics pre- pared by the City and to provide guidance for future decision making, as detailed in the RCA dated November 15, 2010, for informational purposes only. Mr. Mil- ler noted that the measures had begun slowly and in small increments, and that the process was still evolving; and would ultimately link to broader integrated models for goals and visions for the City's Strategic Plan, Capital Investment Program, goals and strategies established by the Imagine Roseville 2025 community vision- ing process, and the City's annual budgeting for outcomes Councilmember Pust expressed enthusiasm for work initiated to -date, and that it had been broken down by department; and offered her comments as staff contin- ued to refine it, opining that performance measures were helpful only if they measured those things controllable to employees and were designed to get the City closer to achieving defined goals. Councilmember Pust expressed apprecia- tion for tying the performance measures into the Imagine Roseville 2025 strate-