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to lose millions of dollars of revenue and we cannot afford to do any task like this at a loss to the ` city. Mr. Murphy responded yes that would be a budget issue and we can certainly look into that at the time. No one from the public wished to speak in opposition to the bill There being no further discussion Council Member Gavin Ferlic made a motion to recommend this bill to the full council with a favorable recommendation. The motion was seconded by Council Member John Voorde and passed by a unanimous voice vote. Chairperson Karen White thanked the administration for bringing this to the Council and wanted to comment on when budget discussions begin attention should be paid to the impact that raising fees has on the City. With no other bills to be considered Chairperson White began the Organizational portion of the meeting. Chairperson Karen White welcomed the new members and gave a brief overview of what specific tasks the Committee handles. She announced hopefully they will not have as many meetings as last year and expressed her wish that the Committee begins to think long term on many budget issues even though it is an annual process. Chairperson Karen White asked the Council Members if they have any questions or comments towards this Committee either regarding the budget or other issues that may need to be addressed. Dr. Varner expressed interest in being given more information on what exactly will happen with the "circuit breakers" in the upcoming years. He expressed that the circuit breakers windfalls may be self inflicted since the legislature gave us some options and now we are dealing with the consequences of the options we chose. He asked for a better understanding because he admits he may have an incorrect idea of what this issue will really contain. Chairperson White responded that more information is certainly needed on this matter and some specific meetings should be held solely on the impact. She also stated that part of that should be more information on TIF Districts and how that money should be used so that we are getting the best use of the money available. Councilmember Gavin Ferlic wanted to make a note that last year's budget process was the first time he had not heard from a single person that the information was not readily available to the public. He stated that maybe we do not need as many meetings as last time but should follow the same format of having some of the meetings off site because the public really appreciated that and following the other processes of getting the information out to the public as well. Chairperson White agreed with him and she really enjoyed having well- attended off site meetings by the public.