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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 14, 2011 Page 32 same function it accomplished, it would serve as a salary breakdown allowing the City Council to make a decision on what more level of breakdown they preferred. Councilmember Johnson expressed satisfaction in being able to decipher that in- formation on a general basis, noting he did not need specifics or individuals. Councilmember McGehee opined that position descriptions would be helpful for her use. Councilmember Pust noted that the Statute seemed quite prescriptive, and she was unaware of their existence before tonight. Mr. Miller advised, specific to salaries and wages, that with past City Councils staff had asked them to adopt a compensation plan listing all positions and their respective salary ranges; and subsequent to that unless there was a change to a po- sition or how it was categories, staff had simply asked the City Council to ap- prove COLA's for those various positions and levels within the organization. Mr. Miller clarified that past City Council had adopted the position, not the current five members. Councilmember Pust opined that this was not her reading of the Statute. Mayor Roe opined that municipalities had some freedom in the format of their budget, and needed to agree on that format. Councilmember Pust referenced the last sentence of Attachment D addressing ac- tual line items in accordance with State Statute. Mayor Roe opined that both Statutes went hand in hand from his understanding and that the municipality retained the right to determine what detail they chose. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, City Attorney Bartholdi advised that he could not provide a legal opinion at this time, but could research the matter if so directed by the Council majority. Councilmember Johnson opined that this information lent itself to more of a line item type of budget than done in the past. Councilmember McGehee opined that she would prefer more detail than provided in the past. Mayor Roe noted the breakdowns by division or program area (Attachment B) as an approach or a total cost broken down by those categories and summed up across the whole budget.