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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS . MEMORANDUM DATE: December 13, 1996 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Brian Fritsinger, City Administrato@ ~ SUBJECT: Committee Restructure Background On several occasions, staff has been asked to comment on the potential restructuring to the existing Arden Hills Advisory Committees. I'd like to clarifY the position of staff as the City Council debates and considers changes which should better serve the citizens of Arden Hills. - Staff is supportive of changes and/or clarification to the existing Advisory Committee structure. - This support is based on our desire to encourage the committees to be focused on the prioritized goals of the community and where the committees and staff can work together to provide the City Council with well-informed recommendations. - . There are five items which appear to be most critical to defining the committee structure. Those items are; priorities, staff role, Council role, committee labels/names, and deadlines. -. Priorities This is the most critical element of creating new or restructuring the current committees. The committees need to be established in such a manner that they are working on those items - prioritized by the City Council each year. - The committees would receive those priorities, goals and tasks from the City Council each year. These priorities have been evaluated both from a budgetary and available staff time perspective. - These would impact the number of committees/task forces or sub-committees created each year. Staff Role Members of the Council continue to debate the role of staff with the committees. To function -, consistently and effectively, each committee needs to understand the role of staff. This role could be: - 1. Staff prepares agenda, completes all work, and utilizes the committees as a review board in preparing items for Council action. .