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1. Doing a good job <br />2. Have a mid -year evaluation of his performance <br />C. City Department Heads <br />1. Make need for facts clear in interactions <br />2. Adopt more of a dialogue with the heads <br />3. Feel free to approach 1:1 for factual questions outside of meetings <br />D. Commission liaisons - Reconsider the appointments by city council <br />persons and move commission meetings if there becomes an <br />attendance issue <br />IV. Work Sessions <br />A. Keep the pre -council work session to run from 5:00 to 6:15 with a hard <br />start at 5 and a hard stop at 6:15 to permit a break before the meeting <br />B. Schedule a 3rd working session meeting in the month from 5 - 7:00 <br />focused on major strategic topics, with no actions. <br />V. Discussion of vision and values for the city <br />A. Safe and friendly community <br />B. High degree of public safety <br />C. Mature housing stock <br />D. Should we encourage more home renovation funding? <br />E. Maximize our convenient location within the metropolitan region <br />F. Diversity of residential options, with life cycle housing options <br />G. Can we become a destination? <br />H. Good support for an excellent educational system <br />I. Maintain good public services <br />J. Do we need to consolidate 33 TIF districts into a smaller number? <br />K. Is the debt service for the NW Quadrant covered? <br />L. Known for being innovative <br />(Note: You have the edited version of the Policy Docket with the priorities) <br />NOTES FROM COUNCIL. DEPARTMENT HEAD RETREAT ON JANUARY 30, 2009 <br />VI. Preparation for 2010 budget <br />A. Preparation for the fleet/non-fleet discussion <br />B. Might need to develop alternative scenarios <br />C. Need a discussion of our funds' surplus policy <br />D. Need discussion of current salary plan <br />E. Policy on overall levels of taxation <br />F. Need to know more about the golf course scenarios <br />VII. NW Quadrant discussion <br />A. Be ready for the stimulus bill from congress so that clean-up of the <br />Ashland Refinery site can proceed immediately <br />B. Post Office demolition by 3/1/09 <br />