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City Council Regular Meeting - 02/13/06 Minutes - Page 23 different view; but opined that cItIzens did want this City Council to work together as adults and not waste time; and that by understanding how each individual needed to receive and process information, it would make the group more efficient in doing the City's business. Councilmember Ihlan questioned what the problem was that the City Council thought needed to be solved, opining that the Council was newly-elected and was just starting to work together and it hadn't been determined that they were a "problem Council" yet. Councilmember Ihlan further opined that the City Council needed to instead immediately concentrate on the budget and long-range planning issues. Councilmember Ihlan proposed that the Council start work on goal setting and strategic planning, and that if it was later determined that a facilitator was needed, there were people available to provide those services at no cost to the City Council. Councilmember Ihlan further opined that each Councilmember had a basic vision of what their job was, and that each represented different points of view. Councilmember Ihlan adamantly opined that there were many better uses of public monies for services or programs, rather than to facilitate City Council teambuilding; and noted that it didn't seem prudent to attempt such a work style analysis or "team building" when there was obviously not a consensus among the Council to do so. Mayor Klausing spoke in support of the analysis and team building- as a way to recognize different perspectives and work more effectively and improve functioning for the long-term benefit of the community. Mayor Klausing asked each Councilmember to give the process a try and good faith effort. Pust moved, Maschka seconded, authorizing the Mayor and City Manager to execute a contract between the City of Roseville and Barbara Raye of the Center for Policy, Planning and Performance, in an amount not to exceed $6,500, to provide team building and work style analysis services in accordance with Steps 1 through 4 of her Proposal, as a matter of public record, on such date or dates as the City Council shall determine. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in opposition to the motion;