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<br />City Council/Teambuilding Retreat Report <br />January 7, 2017 <br />♦Councilmember relationships among themselves. <br />♦Developing services for a changing community <br />♦Possible loss of LGA <br />♦10 year vision for the City with Comprehensive Plan Update <br />♦Implementing budget wants vs. needs <br />♦City to Citizen engagement mediums <br />♦Politicized partisanship <br />________________________ <br />Best of the Day <br />Each participant was asked by the facilitator to comment on what topic or area of discussion was the <br />most valuable for him or her during the Council/Staff teambuilding retreat. <br />Val Johnson: Whole day; small groups; learned to be a better mayor; passion of staff <br />Gina Bauman: Involvement from everyone; small groups; focus on future vs. city business <br />Mary Burg: Open brainstorming conversations <br />Paul Jacobsen: Agreement with Staff and City Council; alignment goals/priorities <br />Brian Strub: Top priorities; “better than good”; small group <br />Dan Olson: Brainstorming <br />Sandy Breuer: “Most proud of” exercise <br />Brenda Davitt: Priorities; input from City Council <br />Trevor Hamdorf: Collaboration with everyone messaging <br />Tony Paetznick: SurveyMonkey; small group work <br />Craig Schlichting: Lack of stuffiness <br />Jason Hicks: Trevor’s drawing; positivity <br />Patty Isaacson: Collaboration <br />Janice Gundlach: All five City Council members engaged; City development; Vision <br />Andre Bart: Collaboration, mingling <br />Dean Lotter: New chapter; people at table <br />End of Report <br /> <br /> 10 <br />Report prepared by Barbara Strandell