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City Council Meeting Minutes September 24 2019 Page 4 of 5 Mayor Muckle stated the Finance Committee recommends sticking with the recommendation here for the 2020 budget and then going forward when there is more information Changes can be addressed in the 2021-22 budget. Director Watson noted the Golf Fund probably needs more work. Beginning in 2021, all of the capital outlay for the golf course is proposed to be paid from the Capital Projects Fund If Council wants golf course capital needs to compete with all other capital needs this plan can stay If Council wants the golf course to have dedicated money for capital improvements policy changes will be needed Mayor Muckle stated the Finance Committee thinks this capital plan is needed as the golf fund can't generate enough to pay for those capital needs They think it makes more sense for the golf capital to compete with other capital projects rather than make a transfer to the fund to pay for projects City Manager Balser said there isa recognition we need to look at Tong -term capital needs for the golf course and how we fund those Councilmember Stolzmann stated she wants to clarify that she doesn't want an updated fiscal model but rather a new one that staff can run more easily City Manager Balser stated she is wary to assume we can simplify the model as she believes that would be very difficult given the complexity of the model and the type of data people want from the model Councilmember Stolzmann stated she would like a process that is less effort and can be run easily by staff She would like a model that is repeatable and without a marginal cost model She wants a more straightforward approach Councilmember Loo stated $75K for this is a lot of money to hire a consultant. She would prefer we don't change the fiscal impact model again, it takes too much staff time She is not sure this is a priority Councilmember Stolzmann stated she doesn't think we can continue to use this model without it being better City Manager Balser stated she is not sure it is realistic to assume we can make this simpler given the expectations people have Director Zuccaro stated the issue with the current model is that only staff can run it, so then people feel it is not transparent. However, given the complex information people want to see this is the only way to provide the information City Manager Balser stated we have to have realistic expectations of what we can achieve with an update or change to the model City Manager Balser asked if Council has any changes to this recommended budget.