HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000049_pg018A G E N D A
Mounds View City Council
January 18, 1979
Kozlaks -4:30 PM
CITY COUNCIL /STAFF ORIENTATION
I. The role of the City Administrator
A. Job description - Chapter 5
B. Supervise staff management team
C. Overall coordination and planning of daily city operations
D. Liaison between City Council and Department Heads (communicate
City Council policy directives to Department Heads for
implementation)
E. Clerk functions, e.g. elections, resolutions, record keeping,
ordinances, Council minutes, etc.
F. Personnel issues
G. Delegation of work load
H. Professional guidance and direction
II. Mayor, City Council and Department Head relationship
A. City Council provides policy direction to the City Administrator
who in turn oversees the implementation of Council directives
through Department Heads
B. Open, honest and sharing relationships
C. Review of proposed Council agenda process
III. Team Management
A. Provides best decision through group discussion and interchange
of ideas
B. Past training - 7 Pines Lodge and in- service sessions
C. How department head team currently uses team management to
effectuate the best possible recommendation and /or decision
IV. Review the Department Head expectations for the individual Council/
Department Head meetings on Saturday, January 20 and February 3
A. Outline department's existing functions and /or responsibilities
B. Current issues facing the department
C. Future departmental problems that staff feels the Council should
be aware of
D. Program areas that have been effective in the past and those
that need improvement
E. Interrelationship to other City departments
F. General questions and answers