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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 11,2011 Page 18 Councilmember Willmus concurred with Councilmember Johnson's perception on the overly onerous impacts to the Parks and Recreation Department, particular- ly when addressing past reductions in the department. Councilmembers Johnson and Willmus advised that they were attempting to bal- ance those impacts with other areas. Councilmember Johnson, based on the exercise presented, spoke in support of a 10% shift or reduction, with that estimated $1.5 million going toward CIP needs. Councilmember Johnson advised that, while the CIP Task Force was not yet ready to make their report to the City Council, there should be some annual ref- lection, even if not the full 10%, in the next year's and subsequent annual budgets addressing those CIP needs if the CIP goals were ever to be met. Mayor Roe noted the need to incorporate capital set aside or depreciation funds as part of the prioritization exercise as part of the broader pictures. Councilmember Pust clarified, for the public, that past and/or current City Coun- cils had not taken CIP funds for use in the operating budgets; but that, other than the Pavement Management Plan (PMP), those funds had not been set aside; and as a responsible financial planning process, the City Council was attempting to get those set-asides on track. Councilmember Pust further noted that the City had yet to be advised of employee health care cost increases that would significantly im- pact the budget, and potentially usurp the entire 3.9%mandated levy increase lim- it. Budget Ranking Prioritization/Methodology(Attachment C) Mayor Roe referenced Councilmember Willmus's written comments, provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof Councilmember Willmus expounded on those written comments and his philosophy on budget ranking and methodologies based on community-based visions and goals rather than categorization rankings. Mayor Roe noted that, as an added thought, those items noted for the highest priority or score were perceived to be those items doing the most to accomplish the vision in the various documents used by the City, including the Parks and Recreation Master Plan document, Comprehensive Plan update,Imagine Roseville 2025 community visioning process, and the recently-completed random commu- nity survey. Councilmember Johnson opined that the proposed community-based system was a good place to start, with the current system not providing a sense of community for him; and suggested that the language used in the Imagine Roseville 2025 doc-