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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 15, 2010 Page 19 Mayor Klausing spoke against the motion, while agreeing that if information is available, Councilmembers and the public have a right to that information by law. However, Mayor Klausing noted that the motion was requesting a breakdown of expenditures to get a better understanding of budget items, and staff had informed the Council that the requested budget information would not provide those sought -after details. Councilmember Pust opined that hearing the information would not match up did not provide sufficient justification, and concurred with staff's interpretation that the information would not serve the intended purpose, but that they had provided those disclaimers upfront; however, she reiterated that there was no justification to not provide the information as requested. Councilmember Ihlan advised that, if necessary, she would follow -up with a for- mal public information request. Councilmember Roe sought additional information from staff as to the availability of previous years' work papers that had since been modified by staff to provide the 2011 budget numbers, with revisions from 2010 to 2011 to reflect the changes; and asked whether those documents could be provided relatively easily. Councilmember Roe expressed his preference to have a program -based analysis and numbers as in Attachment A in the packet and related in summary form, whether matching or not, but providing a similar analysis for program listings in Attachment A that add up to the City Manger recommended budget; reflecting the 2010 budget amount or revised 2011 amount. Mr. Miller advised that Attachment A for the City Manager- recommended budget for 2011 was what the City Council had adopted as their preliminary budget on September 14, 2010. Councilmember Roe advised that it was not his intent to cause staff significant additional work, and if looking at a program -based budget, his only request was for Attachment A showing 2010 and 2011 budgets and comparable changes be- tween those year, not the motion currently on the table. Mayor Klausing suggested that, if the documents were available, staff collect them and provide them to interested Councilmembers; and concurred with Coun- cilmember Pust's comment that Councilmembers had the right to that informa- tion. However, he advised that this was not what he understood the request of Councilmember Ihlan's motion. Mr. Miller advised that the work papers had lots of figures, costs and notations, some that were in and some not included in the proposed 2011 budget, but used by various members of staff over the spring and summer months by staff, but not equating to the budget summary.