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<br /> <br />Important Phone Numbers <br />Did You Know? <br /> <br />Committee R <br />Words of Wisdom <br /> <br />CoontyBank. Tornado A""....,..""" <br /> <br />Tornado Safe <br /> <br />, <br />10 <br /> <br />" <br />( <br /> <br />Business of the Month <br /> <br />Garage Sale Days <br /> <br />Mayor's Notebook <br /> <br />Ustening to the Public - Council's First Priority <br /> <br />Saturday April 7, members of the Council and the City Ad- <br />ministrator had the opportunity to sit down and discuss the <br />Draft Goals Proposal with citizens. It was very helpful having <br />former Mayors Buckbee and Wllharber attend the meeting <br />and listening to their comments and Insights. I will try to accurately capture citizen <br />concerns in a question and answer format as well as other comments I have re- <br />ceived to date. <br /> <br />The Goals Process <br /> <br />Q. Why are you asldng for all this Input? <br />A. The simple answer is Council wants to know what is important to you. With <br />your input we can make the right choices. <br /> <br />Q. Are you following a process for determining these goals? <br />A. Yes, absolutely. The process began after Christmas when 4 members of Coun- <br />cil, City Administrator, Public Works Director, and members of the city advisory <br />committees gathered to brainstorm ideas. In January, those ideas were lumped and <br />ranked into common themes. In February, the Council visited every committee <br />and asked for feedback. On March 19, the draft proposal was sent to every com- <br />mittee. Council, and staff for comment. The April 7 and 10 meetings were de- <br />signed to inform the public and seek your feedback. All along the way - over the <br />past 3 months -- the process has been brainstorm, summarize, seek comment, and <br />adjust the goals based on comments. Most important, this has been a process that <br />sought the input from everyone who wished to comment. <br /> <br />Q. What Is the next step In this process? <br />A. Council will hold a budget workshop on April 24 to look at the existing budget <br />and identify existing funds that can be used to implement the goals. Then a <br />final document will be prepared after all the input is gathered and Council will <br />vote on the proposals. The timeframe for a vote would be the first Council <br />meeting In May. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />3 <br />7 <br /> <br />(Notehookconttnued on page 4) <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />lt Is wIth (Il'eat sadness as well as great Joy that 1 complete tltls <br />final Issue of the l.e Journal. )ffter wrltlngl7r1enfJIlssues. lltave <br />decided to take early retIrement to pursue other endeavors. 1 will <br />treasure tlte memorIes of meetIng so many of you In our communIty <br />that 1 may not have met had 1 not been allowed tlte opportunIty of <br />tltts newsletter. 1 look forward to contrIbutIng my talents and en- <br />erfl1llnto other areas of Centervllle actlvltlesl 'PatrIcIa Scott <br />