2008 March

March 2008 Goal Setting Meeting - Action Item Segment Only
(This meeting was not televised or recorded)

The Commission discussed goals and actions to be considered. The
Commission then identified which goals they would like to see moved
forward. Each elected official had a limited number of ballots to cast
across the various goals. The number, in (), indicates the number of
Commissioners who identified that item with the limited ballots they
had been given. The following items are the issues that the
Commissioners and staff identified and the timelines associated with
each action item.

Consensus Items

(5) Order Department audit to recommend services to deliver in
constraints of current situation. (Reinvent ourselves – no
constraints.) (To be completed by May 2008)

(3) Be willing to look at all solutions despite blow back from
employees, residents and unions. (Do not operate from a sense of
entitlement.) (On-going.)

(3) Meet to determine the essential services and non-essential
services. Initial report to be provided by Manager Hoover and City
Commission to review and finalize. (May 1, 2008 report of essential and
non-essential service due to Commission. Commission to meet during
budget season to finalize the list.)

(3) Mandatory city employee meeting to educate employees about the current financial situation. (By May 15, 2008.)

(2) Continue pursuit of securing benefit contributions from current employees. (On-going.)