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2. Committee report regarding Finance Committee meetings held September 27, 2021 & October 4, 2021 (to be provided) Chairman Bullock delivered the following oral report: The Finance Committee met last Monday and tonight to work through our deliberations on 19, and now actually 22 proposed council budget priorities. We used the time to hear in detail the proposals from each sponsoring councilmember, to ask questions, to get the feedback from the administration and to anticipate how the process would proceed and conclude in terms of the budget. Tonight, we continued that. We heard four new proposals. We also discussed whether City Council wanted to rank order the priorities in some manner and decided that at this time no, we did not. But we might do so in the near future as the budget book is produced in the accompanying budget ordinances are produced and so the committee concluded its work by recommending to the full council for adoption the resolution amended to include all 19 proposals in attachment A as listed in a substitute attachment A that we have with us. In addition, we anticipate on the floor tonight, consideration of a proposed amendment to add three more proposals that Councilman O'Malley framed up in his remarks. That concluded our discussion. I just want to compliment all councilmembers and thank the staff. It is quite a lot of work involved and the council clerk and the legislative liaison did a lot of work to keep all of us coordinated -that's necessary and detail- oriented work that kept us on track. Secondly the council members all really did a nice job of incorporating feedback from constituents from their own professional expertise and we're making proposals that I believe can improve our city, improve the operations of the City Hall and personnel, and continue the innovation of Lakewood. And that's part of the secret of our success I think is that annually we're always looking to not rest on their laurels but improve in many different ways. So, I was very pleased and grateful to my colleagues in that regard. Finally, thanks to the administration for the collegiality in which we conducted our deliberations. Motion by Councilmember Bullock, seconded by President O'Malley to receive and file the oral report. All members voted in favor. Motion passed. 3. RESOLUTION 2021-40 - A Resolution to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law to formally identify agreed- upon priorities that Council would like to see reflected in the 2022 budget. (Referred to Finance 917121) (pg. 001) Motion by President O'Malley, seconded by Vice President Litten to amend Resolution 2021- 40 to include exhibit A. 2