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DEPARTMENTAL BUDGET NARRATIVE FUND: General DEPARTMENT: City Council DEPARTMENTAL OBJECTIVE The City Council Budget funds the actvities of the Mayor and City Council the policy - making body of the City. DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES The Department includes the elected positions of Mayor and four Councilmembers. Activities of the City Council, besides setting policies and overseeing the City's administration, include: publication of legal notices, conducting City events and programs such as the Appreciation Dinner, Council/Staff Picnic and the Annual Council/Staff Goalsetting Session as well as participating in intergovernmental programs such as the Ramsey County League of Local Governments and the Western Ramsey County Cities Cooperative Coalition. DEPARTMENT GOALS Each year the Council and Staff participate in a Goalsetting/Teambuilding Session. The purpose of the session is to conduct strategic planning for the future of the City. At the session, the vision of the City is examined in terms of services, activities, image, and development. From this vision, goals are developed for a one year to five year timeframe. Subsequent to the Goalsetting session, workplans are developed by staff to include the activity steps necessary to accomplish the desired goals . In May of 1991, the Council and Staff set the following goals for 1992 through 1996 : * Remodel City Hall * Crcatemet-hods f-or-upgrade-a-nd-reh-a-biliLation of the City's housing stock. * Develop and plan towards turning Highway 10 into a City Downtown Boulevard. * Develop a financial plan of self sufficiency in development of the City. * Improve and expand the City's infrastructure. * Pursue the creation of a multi-use Community Center. * Establish an on-going citizen based marketing program to create and