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MEMO April 8, 1998 • To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Chuck Whiting, City Administrator Re: April 13, 1998 City Council Meeting With the Friday holiday and a computer training program taking me out of the office on Thursday, I will be brief in my memo to the Council for Monday's meeting. Here is what I have for the agenda: Summary of City Administrator Review: With the closed session for Monday night's review of my performance,the Council is now obligated to summarize the review and report to the public. I felt the Council was open and honest of its assessment and will try to summarize the points made during the meeting: A) Administrator's action in times of unclear Council direction has been satisfactory. Desire exists from the Council to improve its direction making capabilities. Administrator will be looked to organize Council business in a manner that works to that end. • B) Specific objectives should be laid out for the Administrator to accomplish and for the Council to work towards.Administrator will work with staff and accounting towards that end. C) Council would like to have another retreat with the Administrator and staff to develop better organizational understanding and set objectives. D) A different review format reflecting the above items should be developed. Overall, I took the review as positive and expressed my concerns about the following: A) Whether the City is adequately represented amongst the metro communities with existing staff and Council. B) Procedural aspects of the organization's work can be convoluted and inhibiting to good operations and to some extent good government. C) Policy and budgets need to be better tied together, objectives need to be clearer. D) Community and economic development of the City needs to be addressed as a public policy matter in a realistic manner Overall, I felt the review was positive and as always left room for improvement that will keep myself, Council and staff busy. City Council/Staff Retreat: In reviewing the discussion of Monday evening with my staff, I thought Monday evening, May 18 would be a good time to hold a Council and staff retreat. My • understanding was that I would put together a program and facilitate it. I will work on that and secure a place for the retreat, perhaps by meeting time on Monday, and the Council can announce this meeting as being set.