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City Council Meeting Minutes October 21, 2014 Page 11 of 24 judgment about delaying some of those positions. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton supported delaying some of the new hires. Council member Stolzmann was disappointed the goals, performance and workload measures were not completed. She felt these are important factors for Council to decide on whether the new hires are necessary. Without those goals and measures she had a hard time supporting the staffing requests. She stated her position remained as it was before. Council member Lipton supported a plan where some new hires came in immediately, some mid -year and others delayed until 2016. With respect to the rangers, he supported hiring one in 2015 and another in 2016. He requested a budget adjustment to reflect phasing of new hires. He questioned why the building inspection support could not be self- funded through an increased workload and why would it be a general fund expense. City Manager Fleming explained the fees for permits go into the General Fund, therefore the current level of activity support the staffing and increases in those areas. Council member Lipton stated his understanding the funds are co- mingled on the revenue side and the expenses off set the revenues. City Manager Fleming explained the City tracks one -time, project permit related expenditures and major project fees and incorporates them into an evaluation and analysis and long -term projections. If it looks like the City is spending more than is brought in on a recurring basis a course correction would be proposed. City Manager Fleming stated they would incorporate the information in the departmental summaries. Council member Moss agreed with Council member Stolzmann's comments. She was not sure there were sufficient funds to allocate all the positions, therefore her position remained where it was before. Council member Keany agreed with the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem Dalton on time and phasing of the new hires. He did not believe all the positions would be hired by January st 1 Council member Loo stated the problem is it is unspecific. She was not sure she wanted to approve a budget with all new hires. She felt the leverage is the funding for these positions. Her position remained as before. Mayor Muckle summarized the majority of the Council supported having the City staff prepare a plan to stagger hiring new employees. Council member Stolzmann asked if this plan will be included in the next budget packet. Mayor Muckle confirmed it would. City Manager Fleming asked Council to review the list of 19 prioritized budget cuts. He suggested funding the HR Tech and the Librarian I Adult Services in the first quarter;