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City Council Meeting Minutes October 2, 2018 Page 4 of 15 • More information on long-term compensation assumptions including what is included for salary surveys, market adjustments, and merit adjustments. • What are the assumptions and what is the cost split is between employee and employer for benefits. Councilmember Maloney stated the budget is sound, the issues that need to be addressed are more policy decisions. He asked for information about: • Paving appears to be underfunded; is there enough to meet our goals • Would like more funding set aside for Transportation Master Plan (TMP) projects. He would like a place holder in the budget for South Boulder Road projects. • Would like information on the wage increases for 2021-2024. The long-term costs will need to balance. • Need to have policy discussions around the enterprise funds and capital costs for recreation and golf. Regarding the golf course we need to review the water costs and their effects on the fund. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the recreation/senior center budget is still a work in progress and until we have all the analysis after it opens we shouldn't get too bogged down on the recreation fund budget. We will need 6-9 months of information from the new facility. The 2019 budget will be a temporary budget and will need changes for 2020. Councilmember Maloney agreed; we need real data from the new facility to see how it affects the budget. Councilmember Stolzmann stated Council does support funding the entryways but staff has some concerns that we need more information about who owns each parcel and who will maintain them long-term so we can do it properly. She agreed with the need to look closer at the out year deficit numbers. Regarding the CIP, it seems some items are really operational costs and that needs to be reviewed. Councilmember Stolzmann stated she disagrees on the Recreation Fund being a temporary discussion; she would like to set the policies now. These are high level policy discussions to have before the center opens so they are in place. We can amend them if we need to. Councilmember Stolzmann stated the Recreation Fund includes athletic fields but that should be under parks as that is how it is classified in the program budget. She stated the Forestry Program needs to be reviewed for how it is meeting its KPIs. Councilmember Stolzmann had the following items for followup: • She is concerned we are not going to meet the paving goals and we seem to be decreasing funding. • She would like more money dedicated to TMP projects; what is there now is insufficient to meet our needs. • She would like discussion of high level goals for the Golf Course Fund.