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City Council Meeting Minutes September 17, 2018 Page 4 of 11 Director Watson reviewed the budget calendar and upcoming meetings. City Manager Balser stated this is the first look at the budget and staff is looking for where Council wants additional information and we will do a deep conversation at the October 4 meeting. Councilmember Loo had questions about the human resources KPIs and wondered where the new FTEs fit in. Director Watson stated that when looking at variable hours it is based on a number of hours not the number of people and that allows departments to have flexibility in managing it. Councilmember Loo stated the numbers were not clear and she would like it clarified at a future meeting. Councilmember Loo suggested the Property and Evidence and police records technician be full-time, not part-time positions. Councilmember Stolzmann liked the KPIs shown with revenues and expenditures. She asked for more information on the KPI for pavement condition noting pavement quality is a priority goal to be met by 2021 and it does not look like we are on track to meet that by 2021. For the Transportation Master Plan she feels the down payment/placeholder in the capital fund does not look large enough for the projects we might want to do. She would like more discussion on the stormwater utility increase in 2019; she wants to make sure we aren't charging too much to that fund for two large projects. Councilmember Stolzmann would like a clear policy on the transfer into the Recreation Fund. If we don't set a policy we will need to have a recurring conversation. She stated she thought the cost would be lower the initial year. She would like more information on renewal and replacement costs for the Recreation Center. She would like to see a fee schedule for the new Recreation Center a look at what the demand will be for the new center. She would like to see the recreation capital projects moved from the Capital Fund to the Recreation Fund. She noted that athletic fields should be in parks program not in the Recreation Fund. Councilmember Maloney stated this is a solid budget the only issues are policy issues. He would like a policy discussion in the future about the deficits that look to be in the out years in the General Fund. The largest expense is wages and we are anticipating 5% increases. We need to look at the indicators on this, it needs to balance. Councilmember Maloney would like more discussion on stormwater rates and how the General Fund should be charged for projects. He would like more discussion on how the Recreation Fund and Golf Fund will work. It appears that 30% of the operations of recreation both current and expanded services are covered by the General Fund. Director Watson stated the transfer from General Fund for 2020-2024 is meant to equal exactly the amount. of the deficit which is about 20-24%. Staff is proposing to transfer