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76 Regular Meeting June 24,1985 Page 2 Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of one ap- pointment to the Building Code Board of Adjustments and Appeals. Mayor Craddock moved to appoint Bill Howle, and Mr. Coddington seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of one appoint- ment to the Library Board. Mr. Farr moved to appoint Susie Erlan- son, and Mayor Craddock seconded the motion,which passed unanimously. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of one ap- pointment to the Zoning Board of Adjustments and Appeals. Mayor Craddock moved to appoint Robbie Robbins and Mr. Farr seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Craddock introduced for consideration approval of the City Council Policy Statement to be used by the City Manager as direction during the preparation of the 1985-1986 budget. Mr. Guerra in- quired about the manner in which the items listed in the Policy Statement would be implemented. The City Manager stated that the Policy Statement would be used as guidance to staff in preparing the budget, and that the items contained in the Policy Statement will be used and discussed after the budget is prepared. Mr. Guerra stated that one of the goals stated in the Policy State- ment prepared by him and given to the Council at its last meeting lS the same as the tenth goal listed in the Policy Statement prepared by Mr. Coddington, except that Mr. Guerra's goal in- cludes four specific steps for implementation of that goal. Mr. Guerra stated that the items contained in the Policy Staterœnt prepared by him should have also been included in the Policy Statement submitted by Mr. Coddington. The City Manager stated that he feels the City should particularly strive to achieve the first goal listed in the Policy Statement submitted by Mr. Coddington, to place a constraint on expenditures so they fall within the available income parameters. The City Manager stressed the importance of achieving this goal,particularly in relation to the fifth goal contained in the Policy Statement submitted by Mr. Coddington. With regard to this, the City Manager stated that the various departments will be requesting of the City Manager a number of items to be budgeted and that it will be difficult to put a con- straint upon the expenditures to ensure they fall within the available income parameters if all the deparmental requests are to be presented to the Council, as outlined in the fifth goal. Mr. Coddington stated that the fifth goal states that the City Manager should review all budget requests as to need and benefits, both long and short term, but that he must make known to Council all requests, and no requests should be arbitrarily denied without Council's knowledge. Mr. Coddington further stated that if, in the City Manager's good judgment, certain requests should be de- nied, the probability that they will be denied is 99 9/10% certain, but the fifth goal lS to ensure that the Council will be aware of all departmental requests. The Council stated that it desires the City Manager to strive to achieve the first goal but that it also desires to be made aware of all budget requests. Mr. Codding- ton suggested that Mr. Guerra's Policy Statement be added to the Policy Statement submitted by Mr. Coddington as Items Nos. 11 through 14. Mayor Craddock stated that Mr. Guerra's Policy Statement is very comprehensive. Mr. Coddington stated that the main thrust of Mr. Guerra's Policy Statement appears to be to create a funding mechanism to generate dollars, and that Mr. Coddington addressed the same issue in his Policy Statement in a different sense but not as stringently as addressed in Mr. Guerra's Policy Statement. Mr. Coddington further stated that it appears that Mr. Guerra's main concern lS the lack of social services funds. The City Manager stated that with the combination of the two Policy Statements, he will be able to have a sense of the goals the Council wishes to achieve and will work to attain them. Mr. Coddington moved to ap- prove the combination of both Policy Statements and Mr. Farr seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Policy Staterœnt attached to minutes.