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City Council ~¥finutes Page 2 <br />April 26, 2004 <br /> <br /> focus and to communicate ahead of t/me. Councilmember Dietz wants communication to <br /> flow by staff to staff and staff to council. <br /> <br /> Phil Hal stated that he felt communication can approve and would like more direction from <br /> the council. <br /> <br />Councilmember Motin stated that council gets items 2-3 days before they have to decide on <br />it while staff has been working on these items for a long time; Planning Commission or <br />Parks Commission may have had the issue for several months. <br /> <br />Catherine Mehelich stated that she would like to see umbrella goals from the city council <br />that would drive the planning commission's goals, HP,_A goals, etc. versus comm/ssions <br />having contrasting agenda. <br /> <br />LoriJohnson agrees and also feels we need the internal piece with staff for good <br />communication to keep us on track. Pat I<laers feels we need priorities of the goals and to <br />implement them consistent with what council feets appropriate. <br /> <br />Mayor Fdinzing feels this meeting is one of the most important things that she has done, <br />that it is not a waste of time, and that it is extremely important to be here because of the <br />growth in the city. We need to be very serious about these issues and very deliberate. <br /> <br />GOVERNING BODY <br />Reasons for running for office: ego trip, ax to grind, have desire to serve the community <br /> Council Role Issues <br />-Vague Task Definition -Little Feedback (accept when things <br />-No hierarchy go wrong) <br />-No Speciahzation -Open Meetings <br /> <br />How to get to a model that makes more sense? John Carver talks about governing body and <br />city council organizations. Boar&' thatMa/ee a Difference book by John Carver. <br /> <br />Walk us through the Carver Governance Model: <br /> -What is our desired end result when we talk about this issue? <br /> <br /> · FLAWS OF GOVERNANCE <br />Time on the trivial-spend too much time on the stop signs. Need to develop policy. <br />Short Term Bias <br />Reactive Stance <br />Reviemin3 Rehashin3 Redoin&85% of what Council does is staff generated. <br />Leak~y Acz'ountabili~y-Carver is advocate of very strong CEO and under Elk Kiver's form of <br />government it doesn't work; will need to talk how the Council wants this done. <br />Diffuse Authority-decide on rules of behavior; staff can't make decisions unless council has <br />g~ven them authority to do that. <br /> <br /> · PRESCRIPTIONS <br />Activity and Involvement <br />Board/Staff Relations <br /> -Watchdog <br /> -Cheerleader <br /> <br /> <br />