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City Council Meeting Minutes October 14, 2014 Page 14 of 23 Council member Stolzmann inquired whether the distribution of FTE's in the table included the position requested by the City Manager's office. Human Resources Director Hix confirmed the table does include the part -time position for the HR Technician. Mayor Muckle reiterated his belief all the staffing requests were reasonable, but supported the City Manager's recommendation on the funding. Human Resources Director Hix addressed future staffing and stated the HR Technician would enhance HR's ability to help departments recruit on a quicker level. One of her goals involved the 5 -year staffing plan and noted the new fiscal impact model has a lot of information, which will allow them to make decisions. CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT Mayor Muckle voiced his support for the Communication audit as recommended by the Communication Task Force. He would like to do a better job without hiring another staff member. Council member Lipton inquired if Mayor Muckle supported the audit, but not the additional staff person for 2015. Mayor Muckle confirmed he supported the audit, but not the staff person in 2015. Council member Lipton supported the audit, but was hesitant in budgeting for a position. He suggested hiring this position on a part -time basis in 2016 and the audit be done in- house. Council member Moss also supported the audit. Council member Stolzmann stated the one goal was excellent, but felt there should be other specific goals. She stated without objectives and measurers it is not clear whether the program is effective. Council member Stolzmann asked why the increase in FTEs. Public Relations Manager Muth explained prior to the cultural arts and special events position those services were contracted out, which resulted in the increase in 2014. RECESS: Mayor Muckle called for a five - minutes recess 9:10 p.m. Mayor Muckle called the meeting back to order at 9:20 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENT Michael Menaker, 1827 W. Choke Cherry Drive, Louisville, CO commented on the parking permit and the neighborhood parking plan. He did not feel it was important to move forward with the neighborhood parking program until the City knows where the cars already parked there will go. He noted the Parade of Lights, the Street Faires and the Taste of Louisville are exceptions. He felt a permanent downtown parking plan would make a parking permit plan unnecessary. He addressed the DBA request for