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• <br />• <br />WS — Item 5 <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item 5 <br />Date: February 2, 2009 <br />To: City Council <br />From: Gordon Heitke <br />Re: Strategic Planning Process <br />Background <br />Each year the City Council engages in goal setting for the purpose of identifying issues <br />and actions to be undertaken by the City Council and staff during the current year and <br />following year. The initial draft of the Five -Year Financial Plan presented to the Council <br />in November illustrated the impact of the current economic conditions on the City's <br />finances. It was decided that the Council needed to engage in a strategic planning <br />process to determine how best to meet the service expectations of the community during <br />a period of increasing costs and constrained revenues resulting from a loss of state aid <br />and a stable or declining net tax capacity. It is the recommendation of staff that this <br />year's goal setting process also address the financial issues identified in the initial draft <br />Five -Year Plan, including evaluating and prioritizing city services and identifying service <br />levels to be provided within financial parameters determined by the Council. <br />Requested Council Direction <br />Staff is seeking alternative available dates for strategic planning meetings and <br />concurrence on the use of a facilitator knowledgeable of municipal service operations and <br />finances. <br />1 <br />