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e - e Mr. Rutan said the Budget Committee had questioned its role if the council makes decisions before the issues get to the Budget Committee. He is on the capital subcommittee of the Budget Committee and intends to discuss projects in the subcommittee meetings. Mr. Gleason said the Budget Subcommittee must approve the one-year budget presented by the executive department, but the Budget Subcommittee may modify the budget before approving it. He said the Budget Committee must also approve the budget, and then the council must approve it. He said the council IS action on the ten-year CIP does not negate the Budget Committee's action on it. Ms. Schue said the council needs to discuss and make a decision about the roles of the council and the Budget Committee. Mr. Miller said the CIP is a planning tool that department heads use. He agreed with Ms. Wooten that projects need to be compared. He understood that the first year of the CIP will be discussed in detail during the budget process. He wondered if adoption of the CIP by the council means projects in other years will be funded. He wondered if the council should really wrestle with projects in the second and third years. 1. Hult Center Projects Ms. Ehrman and Ms. Wooten discussed the Hult Center Projects (page 68 of the CIP). Ms. Ehrman said the additional information requested by the council was not in the staff notes. Ms. Wooten said street lights are more important than some of the improvements to the Hult Center. She suggested the storage area under the parking structure, the lobby tile replacement, the awning system for the loading dock, the construction of permanent concession stands, an electronic marquee, an exterior building sign, and the HVAC for the Silva Theater Stage could be postponed. She hoped the council would discuss each project. Ms. Wooten agreed with Ms. Schue's previous comments about the roles of the Budget Committee and the council. Responding to Mr. Holmer, she said the council has the right to inform the Budget Committee and subcommittee of preferences. Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Ms. Wooten, to move the electronic marquee display and the exterior building sign (page 68 of the CIP) to FY90-96. Ms. Wooten suggested the HVAC for Silva Theater Stage (page 68 of the CIP) be included in the motion, but Ms. Ehrman did not accept the suggestion. Ms. Schue said the process is difficult because the Budget Committee does not function as other advisory groups function. For example, the Planning Committee reviews proposals and makes recommendations to the council, and then the council makes a decision. She said the Budget Committee does not have a chance to advise the council. She did not want to make decisions about projects such as the marquee and exterior sign in the second year of the CIP now, although she might want to remove them next year. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 16, 1986 Page 9