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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />was general agreement that this option be used on Council agendas. <br /> <br />Ehrman requested a list of the next Council President and Vice President, and <br />also reminded other Councilors that the microphone were on at all times during <br />the Council meetings. <br /> <br />Boles noted that the video tapes of the Council meetings were reused after a <br />month or so, and wondered if there was any interest among Council members to <br />archive these tapes. The group did not have any great desire to save the <br />Council meeting tapes and agreed it was alright to reuse the tapes. <br /> <br />This concluded the discussion of Council communication ground rules. <br /> <br />Sharon Thorne then discussed the results of her telephone interviews with the <br />Councilors. She listed the topics which were most frequently listed as <br />concerns by Councilors. These were: <br /> <br />Financial Stability <br />Economic Development <br />Metro Partnership <br />Social Goals: Housing <br />Public Safety <br />Library <br />Urban Strategy/Intergovernmental Relations (i.e. with Springfield) <br />Downtown <br />Human Rights Commission <br /> <br />Rutan said that the Council is currently processing the issue of Human Rights <br />Commission and that it should be taken off the list. The other Councilors <br />agreed to this. <br /> <br />Ehrman said that the Library should be taken off the list, as the Council has <br />dealt with it and has come to a conclusion about how to proceed. Bascom stated <br />that this was true, but that it should still be on the list; however the <br />Council did not need to discuss it within the Goals Session framework. The <br />other Councilors agreed to this. <br /> <br />Bascom suggested that citizen participation be added to the list. Holmer <br />suggested that a part of this issue was the role of the Council in policy <br />making and requested that an item on charter amendment allowing the Council to <br />appoint department heads and other staff be added to the list of Council goals <br />for discussion. Rutan responded that while he respected Holmer's point of <br />view, he had a different philosophy of management and did not wish to discuss <br />the charter amendment. Bennett said that he has felt frustrated by the budget <br />cycle and has some questions about the role of the Council, the manager, and <br />staff. He indicated that he would like to review the current relationships. <br />He also said that he would like more information from the manager regarding <br />opportunities to reduce the budget, instead of each individual Councilor trying <br />to understand all of the details of the budget. He indicated that a discussion <br />of roles would be of help to him. Schue supported the idea of a broader <br />discussion of the relationship between staff and the Council. She said that <br />her constituents complain to her, but that sometimes she has to explain that <br /> <br />DRAFT COUNCIL GOAL SESSION <br /> <br />PAGE 7 <br />