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1 -6- <br /> . 2 Councilmembers Give Their Reactions to League of Minnesota Cities <br /> 3 Conference in Rochester the Previous Week <br /> 4 Makowske -reported all the workshops she had attended had been excel- <br /> 5 lent, particularly the three conducted by Brian Lee of <br /> 6 Ottawa, Canada, which she had found "down to earth" and <br /> 7 practical when it came to suggestions City officials could <br /> 8 adopt; <br /> 9 -said she had attended a seminar on "Evaluating Your City <br /> 10 Manager" ; <br /> 11 -asked for Council input related to the "Request for Action" <br /> 12 form given out at Mr.. Lee' s "Leadership Skills" seminar <br /> 13 which had revised to fit the City; <br /> 14 -expected the pointers she had gotten on "Developing a <br /> 15 Strategic Plan" could be utilized when the City u_0dates­_ it`sryown <br /> 16 strategic planning. <br /> 17 Enrooth -said he had enjoyed Garrison Keillor' s talk on Tuesday; <br /> 18 -perceived this conference had almost reached the same level <br /> 19 of excellence as the one he had attended in San Antonio and <br /> 20 Mayor Hazama should be congratulated for "a job well done. " <br /> •21 Sundland -agreed, saying he believed Councilmember Ranallo and the <br /> 22 other League Board member should be given a vote of thanks <br /> 23 for a well planned conference. <br /> 24 Ranallo -reported the attendance of 1,800 people at this conference <br /> 25 had broken the attendance record the year he was in charge of <br /> 26 the conference when there had been 1,492 in attendance; <br /> 27 -agreed a "fantastic job" had been done by Mayor Hazama; <br /> 28 -indicated he hoped Mr. Lee would be available for a Minne- <br /> 29 apolis seminar; <br /> 30 -agreed with Councilmember Makowske that the "Request for <br /> 31 Action" could be very useful for St. Anthony because hav- <br /> 32 ing a record of reports from Council people, staff, Fire and <br /> 33 Police Department members, etc. related to problems they <br /> 34 perceived and complaints they had gotten from the public <br /> 35 would be an improvement over putting all the responsibility <br /> 36 for keeping the Council informed on the City Manager. <br /> 37 Marks -indicated his own thoughts on the seminars had already been <br /> 38 stated by the other Councilmembers and recalled he had made <br /> 39 similar observations about seminars he had attended in the <br /> •40 past which had been conducted by Mr. Lee. <br />