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• Ordinance Updates <br /> o Issues which need to be addressed with ordinance updates include, <br /> driveways, side yard setbacks, outside storage, fences and accessory <br /> structure placement. <br /> • Code Enforcement Strategy <br /> o The city enforces most of its code on a complaint-driven basis. From time <br /> to time, city staff may also notice violations as they work throughout the <br /> city, but there is no coordinated effort for a proactive, friendly and fair <br /> enforcement of our ordinances. <br /> • Rebranding/Economic Development <br /> o This issue is one of the cornerstones of the city's long term goals. New <br /> staff or not, this will likely be part of our workload, but the depth and <br /> breadth of our efforts will certainly be affected by staffing levels. <br /> • Downtown Redevelopment Plan <br /> o While we are seeing development pressure deliver potential projects to our <br /> doorstep, how to react to those proposals is certainly in question when it <br /> comes to our downtown. The city's formulated vision is now more than a <br /> dozen years old and it is unclear whether that plan is still relevant in <br /> today's market. Engaging in the reexamination of this plan will take <br /> considerable effort. The alternative is a piecemealed, disjointed and <br /> inconsistent message to potential developers and land owners. <br /> • Website Revitalization <br /> o Long talked-about, but never done because of the effort involved <br /> • Code search ability online <br /> o The city's current system is clumsy and outdated <br /> • Automated payment systems for Utilities and permits, etc <br /> o While we offer the ability to pay utility bills and permits online, each still <br /> involves more staff time than might be necessary with system upgrades <br /> • City property marketing <br /> o Again, the economy is doing much of our work for us, we will begin to <br /> need to more aggressively market the harder parcels to develop, such as <br /> the two small ones on Main Street. <br /> • Personnel Policy updates <br /> o There is a long list of issues to be addressed in the Personnel Policy, some <br /> of which were recommended by Dallas before he left his interim position. <br /> • Records retention follow-up <br /> o Some of the city's records may be eligible for destruction based on records <br /> retention guidelines. <br /> • Procedure Documentation <br /> o The city has not developed a standard operating procedures for all <br /> financial and administrative processes. Having such SOPs would allow <br /> for a relatively easy transition in case of unavailability of key personnel <br /> due to unusual circumstances. <br /> • Committee meeting attendance by staff member <br /> o For many years staff attendance at Committee/Commission meetings has <br /> been sporadic. We feel that this practice does not properly utilize the time <br /> 5 <br />