Finance Committee Agenda and Packet 2017 07 21

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City Council Finance Committee Meeting Minutes 06/12/17 Page 5 of 8 Adult Activities Sub -Program The Finance Committee approved the proposed Key Indicator changes. Aquatics Sub -Program The Finance Committee approved the proposed Key Indicator changes. Senior Activities and Services Sub -Program The Finance Committee and staff discussed adding a footnote to explain Drop in Programs, and also whether to use a unit of measure of "Items" or "Participants" for the workload indicator. The Finance Committee asked staff to consider how use of each would relate to the Drop in Programs indicator and to decide which would be best. The Finance Committee approved the proposed Key Indicator changes. Youth Activities Sub -Program The Finance Committee approved the proposed Key Indicator changes. Planning and Engineering Sub -Program The Finance Committee approved the proposed Key Indicator changes. Snow & Ice Removal Sub -Program Finance Committee Member Dennis Maloney requested clarification of the workload measure Public Parking Lots Shoveled. Parks Superintendent Dean Johnson stated that this is for park parking lots. The Finance Committee requested "Public Parking Lots Shoveled" be changed to "Public Parking Lots Plowed". The Finance Committee approved the proposed Key Indicator changes. Streetscapes Sub -Program Finance Committee Chairperson Stolzmann stated that she would like the Water Score (Irrigation Gal/SF) efficiency measurement kept as a Key Indicator and not deleted as proposed by staff. Dean Johnson, Parks Superintendent stated it would be left in and that it would be easy to grab the water meter readings for the streetscape areas. The Finance Committee approved the original Key Indicators to include the Water Score measure. The Finance Committee and staff discussed the ongoing development of the Key Indicators, the intended use of the Indicators for budget decisions and policy- making, the pros and cons of using Key Indicators for performance evaluations, accountability concerns, and over time, refining the desired outcomes. It was mutually agreed Key Indicators are a work in process. 6