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• Thoroughly educates self on the City’s history and relatfonship with the Army. Takes an actfve role in the City’s contfnued pursuit of safe drinking water and associated costs. • Honor the City’s history, embrace what the City is becoming, and focus on its future. • Be involved early on at the staff level to familiarize self with the organizatfon’s ambassadors. Leverage the talent and abilitfes of the established Senior Leadership. • Facilitate annual goal-setting meetfngs with staff and Council. • Engage support for newly updated Park Comprehensive Plan projects and initfatfves. • Contfnue to champion opportunitfes to build community connectfons via highway and redevelopment projects. • Place contfnued focus on finding opportunitfes for affordable housing and senior housing. • Provide support for local businesses, and find sources for various economic development programs to physically improve residentfal, rental property, and business infrastructure. • Build upon and strengthen partnerships with neighboring communitfes, the business community, departments within the organizatfon, non-profit groups, and various community and county organizatfons. • Facilitate the City’s journey to determine its sense of place/brand/identfty. Contfnue to support place- making initfatfves and opportunitfes to connect residents. • Be the steward of Debt-Free Streets 2025, funding of the recently established Fleet and Non-Fleet Program, and sustain the City’s Public Safety model. • Take the DISC Assessment and use as a tool to determine how one’s leadership and behavioral style melds with the established Leadership Team. • Contfnuously educate and communicate the roles and responsibilitfes of the City Manager and City Council. Communicate the importance of the “why.” • Build on the momentum for the “One City” vision, and facilitate definitfve strategic goals to achieve excellence and increased engagement. • Help the organizatfon contfnue to grow utflizing a new perspectfve, forward thinking initfatfves, and adoptfng new tools to help the organizatfon become more efficient. Contfnue to foster customer service at all levels within the organizatfon. • Facilitate a variety of proactfve opportunitfes for community engagement and communicatfon models including, but not limited to, hostfng town hall meetfngs, neighborhood meetfngs, attending local events and meetfngs, authoring positfve media, and expanding City communicatfons via newsletter, website, and social media. • Evaluate the organizatfonal structure and determine whether adding a dedicated HR Director positfon is appropriate. • Evaluate the structure of City Council Meetfngs and City Commissions to determine where efficiencies, productfvity, professionalism, and opportunitfes for community engagement can be improved upon. • Earn the trust of the Council, Leadership Team, and the community. • Contfnue the City’s good working relatfonships with its unions. • Communicate the needs of staff to the Council even when the conversatfon may be difficult. GOALS AND PRIORITIES