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<br>Several years ago the departments had identified, through the budget process and strategic planning, which services each department provided that were mandated and which were not mandated.&nbsp; If you can find that work and update with new mandates it would save you a lot of time.&nbsp; That way you are only looking at services that are not mandated and the council can then prioritize services within that non-mandated grouping.&nbsp; Just a thought.<br><br>Janet<br><span style="font-family: Lucida Handwriting,Cursive; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(128, 0, 128);"><br></span><br><br><br><br><br>                                               </body>
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