The Dalles City Council is looking to develop a policy to deal with funding requests from outside parties.  Councilors asked staff to develop a proposal to set standards for procedures to request City funds, be it non-profit entities or businesses.  Mayor Steve Lawrence says he wants to create some order to the fiscal requests.  He would like the requests to go through the budget process rather than coming before the Council on an ad-hoc basis throughout the year.  Staff will present a proposed policy to the Council in the near future.