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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> 4/13/98 <br /> 4 <br /> Depa trnent Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda section: <br /> Consent Agenda <br /> Item Description: Authorize Educational Leave, appropriation from the Manager's <br /> Educational Stipend, and approval to attend the Executive <br /> Development Program at Northwestern University. <br /> BACKGROUND, <br /> The City Manager's Professional Development Program was reviewed by the City Council <br /> at the 1998 Annual Team Building Session. The Executive Development Program at the <br /> Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University is a highly regard mid-career <br /> business skills program. The program is intended to sharpen the business skills of mid- <br /> career managers. <br /> This program will be largely paid for by the Bush Fellowship received by the City Manager <br /> in 1994. The Fellowship also paid the majority of casts for the senior Executive Institute <br /> at the University of Virginia a#tended in 1 996. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPLICATI ohl <br /> In 1 990, the City council appropriated $1,500 annually for city Manager educational <br /> expenses in lieu of wage adjustment. Funds needed to supplement the Bush Fellowship <br /> to be paid from the city's educational allotment would be disbursed from the General Fund <br /> Contingency Account. <br /> COUNCIL A TIO REQUE5TED <br /> Motion to approve the educational leave and disbursement from the Contingency Account <br /> to allow the Manager to attend the Executive Development Program at Northwestern <br /> University. <br />