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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 18, 2011 Page 17 Councilmember Willmus suggested consideration be given to those functions that the City could consider contracting out (e.g., elections to Ramsey County) to real- ize potential, long-term cost savings; and requested staff to provide additional background on those potential items. Mayor Roe noted the need for Council review and consideration of the service le- vels on mandatory functions. Mr. Miller noted that, while mandatory functions, the only distinction may be in the preferred service levels, such as response times; and where staff's energy should be focused in each department. Additional discussion included code enforcement as not a mandatory function; however, it was ranked high on priorities by the Council majority. Pust moved, McGehee seconded, directing staff to add mandatory items from the 2011 budget process back into 2012/13 prioritization efforts. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; McGehee; Pust; Johnson; and Roe. Nays: None. d. Budget-Ranking Methodology Individual Councilmembers had been asked to provide their individual budget- ranking methodologies for discussion; and Mayor Roe's and Councilmember Willmus' written comments, respectively dated April 18 and April 14, 2011, in- cluded as bench handouts, attached hereto and made a part hereof Councilmember Pust expressed interest in the comments of both Mayor Roe and Councilmember Willmus, and suggested they be combined. Councilmember Willmus suggested, as the budget process proceeded, that each of the documents from the Imagine Roseville 2025 community visioning process; the 2030 Comprehensive Plan; and the Park and Recreation Master Plan be consulted to provide a value-based perspective and evaluation. Mayor Roe noted past criticism of the numerical ranking system and their mean- ing, noting the varying viewpoints and methods used by individual Council- members in past rankings exercises; and the need to provide the same rules for each. Councilmember McGehee advised that she could not personally prioritize and rank items without having dollar figures available.