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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 28, 2011 Page 22 Due to the lateness of the hour, Johnson moved, Pust seconded, extending the meeting curfew past 10:00 p.m. to consider Item 13.c. Roll Call Ayes: Johnson; McGehee; Willmus; Pust; and Roe. Nays: None. c. Discuss Budget Calendar Items Councilmember Johnson suggested, as a general guideline, that the City Council not discuss budget-related items at the end of a meeting when everyone was burned out, such as at this time, allowing for lack of clarity. Councilmember Johnson suggested budget-related items be addressed in the beginning of agendas, not at the end. Mayor Roe noted that in order to have a budget, the City Council majority needed to be supportive of the basic budgeting tool; and questioned if there was a consen- sus for priority-based budgeting to allow further discussion at this time. Councilmember Pust opined that she couldn't have any further discussion without a more clear definition of the terms. Mayor Roe advised that the intent of priority-based budgeting was to use the list of programs (Attachment B) upon which to base discussion and prioritization ef- forts with a breakdown of budget dollars included on whatever additional docu- mentation was used. Mayor Roe noted that each of those programs provided by the City Government in the community was further defined in supplemental doc- uments to provide more clarity. Councilmember Willmus questioned whether those programs included taxpayer- supported as well as non-taxpayer supported programs. Mayor Roe noted that both were included and should be inclusive with the excep- tion of capital purchases. Councilmember Pust questioned where the salary breakdown discussed at last week's meeting was included in Attachment B. Mayor Roe advised that he was suggesting that salary breakdowns be based on these programs. Councilmember Pust clarified that Attachment A included only the list of pro- grams,but still needed to have the salary breakdowns incorporated. Mayor Roe responded affirmatively if that list was acceptable.