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6.1.A. - Page 17 the corporation yard as possible shared facility, a countywide Human Resources function, and a shared and expanded Fire function. One Council Member supports the recommendations, but she advocates for the economic function because 46% of revenues are derived from business. She would like a different approach that includes economic development and investing in opportunities. This Council Member opined that portraying our revenues and expenses in a different way is what she is looking for. She suggested a Council subcommittee to look at the numbers differently, since in her opinion property taxes are no longer the real revenue providers. Another Council Member believes there will be tough decisions ahead and that the City needs to focus on what is core business. This Council Member wants staff to continually look at understanding the focus of departments and look at the Council initiatives to see if those are congruent. This Council Member welcomes new ways of doing things while still working hard. Another Council Member commented that it should be a Council decision on how to spend the RDA funds that come back. This Council Member wants the Council to decide on what programs to keep and what activities to subsidize. This Council Member wants staff to continue with organizational initiatives and contingency programs and a menu of choices in case the state comes down on cities. Another Council Member noted that he would like to have a menu of choices and a contingency plan ready to go should the need arise. Council consensus was to continue developing the budget with the figures submitted and staff will come back with information on the RDA and look at various options but continue with organizational initiatives for reorganization. The City Manager then spoke about the proposed budget study session dates and there was Council consensus on these. Dr. Bell then addressed Council's strategic initiatives providing an update on these. He noted the boards around the room with goals and initiatives. He provided an update and context and made a suggestion on how to review these with the Council more in depth in the next few months. He went over the different work plans for each department under each initiative and he handed out a matrix (on file). In the future, City Manager Bell would like to have staff presentations on the initiatives and study sessions when staff needs direction on a particular issue. He noted that next year the matrix would reflect a major overhaul. One Council Member asked if there was an opportunity to show the community that this is the Council's work plan and share and highlight the work that is being done. This Council Member believes this would demonstrate accountability. One Council Member suggested placing it on the Parks and Recs publication. The first Council Member would call it an Executive Summary. Dr. Bell said that this could be done. The Mayor noted that the Strategic Plan needs to be revisited every year. She would also like to share with the community the long list of regional and local committees the Council serves on. Mayor Aguirre complimented Dr. Bell for the various displays of the work being done. The Mayor also noted that this is not status quo budget because a lot CITY COUNCIL February 6, 2012 MEETING MINUTES PAGE 8