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e of reaching a community-supported solution. He said he was offended and disappointed by such attacks. Mr. Rutan stressed the tentative nature of the decisions made in the process. The council was not finished with the process. He noted that he had been con- cerned about several of the enhancements and had anticipated further council discussion about those issues. Mr. Rutan said he was concerned about the characterization in the media that the council was not considering community input. He referred to the cost savings, noting that the savings reflected very closely the community direction. Further, he anticipated that the council would proceed with the community's first choice of revenue source in the form of the room tax. He pointed out that the corporate income tax was the third revenue source most favored by the community. Mr. Rutan agreed that the restaurant tax required further discussion at a council level as the community did not have the benefit of the reasons offered by councilors regarding the infeasibility of the tax. Mr. Rutan concluded that as a councilor, he had been elected to review all input and balance that input with his knowledge. He said survey results did not indicate a majority support for any single revenue. The council had considered the results of the survey and attempted to interpret the results accurately. Mr. Rutan expressed appreciation for the letter from the Chamber of Commerce regarding the draft strategy. e Mr. Green referred to the reporting of the process by The Reqister-Guard and said that anyone could take "cheap shots" at the process. He said it was easy to stand back and criticize the decisions made by the council. Mr. Green said the tentative nature of the decisions made by the council was not reported. Mr. Green indicated his willingness to re-examine the decisions made by the council and pointed out that the community had a fallback position in the form of Strategy C. However, the council had not heard support for that strategy from the community. Mr. Green recommended that the council re-examine the core services and discuss the timing of implementing enhancements in the future. He said the council should not attempt to solve the entire budgetary shortfall at one time or on the backs of a single industry. Mr. Green indicated his support for a corporate income tax, but suggested that a restaurant tax was not as equitable as many in the community believe. He encouraged the council to work together toward a unanimous decision. Mr. Boles said he was also pleased and proud to be a member of the council. He called the reporting of the process an egregious misrepresentation of where the council was in the process. He repeated the goal of the process: a comprehensive, sustainable, citizen-supported funding and service mix. Mr. Boles said that the issue was not one of "pet projects" as reported, but the best mix of services for the community sustainable into the next decade. e MINUTES--City Council Work Session August 17, 1992 Page 3 5:30 p.m.