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collect the $11,000 in revenue. He wanted to be clear that it is not a policy decision <br />but was on the agenda to vote on. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft stated that when Council is voting on the revenue side, he said it does not <br />have the force of law but rather of guess. <br /> <br />Mr. Mulligan stated that revenue is the best estimate of staff. He said It does have a <br />legal affect because by approving the budget the Council is authorizing the <br />appropriation of funds for specified purposes. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft asked that the force of law this Council has is to approve expenditures <br />which are based on estimates of revenue. He said by law the Council can change <br />the expenditures but cannot pass an ordinance to come up with more revenue. Mr. <br />Kraft noted that when passing a budget the part that has force of law is the <br />expenditure side. The revenue side is the estimate of staff as to how much money <br />will show up. <br /> <br />Mr. Mulligan said that was essentially correct, the money was being appropriated <br />and the amount of appropriations had to equal the anticipated revenue because <br />local government must have a balanced budget. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft said that by voting on the budget the Council is setting aside budget <br />amounts but the policies or exact expenditures are going to require specific votes as <br />in purchasing a fire truck. He said on the other side, if the City Manager has <br />decided to turn off the lights, the Council could vote on the budget with or without <br />the $11,000 in it and does not precluded him from deciding within his authority to <br />turn them back on. Mr. Mulligan agreed. <br /> <br />Ms. Ricci noted that the budget was a tool to make decisions and was not an <br />approval of an act. She said that has been her complaint, as the Council never <br />received budget-to-actual. Ms. Ricci said if Council approved a budget item there is <br />still a process that needs to take place to finalize it. She said previously the budget- <br />to-actual differences were never discussed. <br /> <br />Mr. Price asked Mr. Mulligan if he was saying that if an action was taken, no more <br />memberships would be taken at the Commons, this would not have policy <br />implications. Mr. Mulligan agreed it would. Mr. Price’s question was that on the <br />shutting down of the driving range at dark only had implications on the expense side <br />but not on the revenue side. <br /> <br />Mr. Mulligan said if you take away $11,000 from the total revenue, you will need <br />$11,000 less in expenditures in order to balance the budget. He stated the Finance <br />Director arrives at the total revenue figure. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow asked Mr. Mulligan if what he said that would limit the ability of Council to <br />pass a resolution or ordinance that gives the City Manager specific instructions <br />regarding sources of revenue or hours of operation. Mr. Mulligan agreed. He noted <br />that to regulate the lights in one of the Parks, it could be the Council’s Legislative <br />powers to do that. <br /> <br />L. COUNCIL REPORTS AND BUSINESS <br />1. <br />Council liaison reports on Boards and Commissions. <br /> <br />