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*Item 3.6.* MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Pat Klaers, City Administrator DATE: November 22, 2004 SUBJECT: City Administrator-City of Elk River Work Program Introduction In later 2003 the city hired Jim Brimeyer from the Brimeyer Group to help sort out some management, organizational, and communication issues. After input from department heads and a series of City Council executive sessions with Mr. Brimeyer, the City Council generally accepted a City Administrator-City of Elk River Work Program. This Work Program covered three areas: . Organizational Management Council/Staff Relations Governance . . At this upcoming worksession on November 22, 2004, the Work Program from December 2003 needs to be reviewed, including some of the sections that have not been previously discussed by the City Council in any great detail. The Work Program should also be approved by the City Council and a realistic timetable needs to be established for each action step. Recent Activities In January 2004 the City Council met to analyze the details within the Work Program and how best to move forward with the action steps. At this January meeting the Council decided that they needed to talk about the Governance section first. Additionally at this January worksession, the City Council directed me to begin work on the organizational structure action step to develop a plan that would reduce the number of direct reports to me. This was viewed by the City Council as essential in order to improve communication, customer service, and overall administration of city affairs. Following the January worksession, the City Council again met in February and decided that it wanted Mr. Brimeyer to come back and help them in working on the Governance section