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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 12,2012 Page 11 Finance Director Chris Miller briefly summarized staff's proposal to tie recent initiatives into a comprehensive Performance Management Program (PMP), as detailed in the RCA dated March 12, 2012. Mr. Miller opined that such a formal PMP would serve to demonstrate the commitment of the City Council to effective decision-making and ensuring that allocation of resources are aligned with desired outcomes from year-to-year, no matter if there are changes in staff and/or City Councilmembers. Mr. Miller referenced the first ten (10) pages of Attachment A that provided a framework and program specifics for state and local government; and with the City Council's direction, offered for staff to move forward in developing a Rose- ville-specific PMP. In general, Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of the PMP process; how- ever, she noted the need for a commitment from a budget perspective, the need to understand the sequential nature of the process, and the key in evaluating out- comes based on citizen input of problem areas or areas of concern, and subse- quent follow-up to determine whether improvements are being made in those are- as of discontent. Councilmember Pust clarified her understanding that staff would take this plan and the initiatives to-date and put them together as a Roseville-specific plan. Mr. Miller concurred with that understanding, provided the City Council so di- rected; with staff then committing to systematically completing the PMP, and ad- dressing long-term goals based on a biennial citizen survey or establishing an ap- propriate cycle. Since only three (3) of the five (5) Councilmembers were present at tonight's meeting, Councilmember Pust expressed concern in providing that direction with- out further discussion of the entire body. At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmember Pust confirmed that she was inter- ested in continuing discussion of such a program. Mayor Roe offered his positive interest in continuing discussions, while recogniz- ing that this was only a preliminary template, and the City Council majority and staff would be involved in creating the end product that would be Roseville- specific. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Miller noted conversations to-date between him and Department Heads had indicated their support of such an approach. Mr. Mil- ler advised that he had held discussions with the supervisors in his department, and understood that other Department Heads were doing so in their functions as well. Mr. Miller noted that this was one of the steps in the cycle, getting orga-