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City Council Study Session - 05/15/06 Minutes - Page 10 metrics will be required (i.e., crime rates should be reduced a certain percentage in the next 5 years); and how to incorporate "safety" into an annual budget. Staff was given no specific direction on this goal, other than to let the process develop as part of the community vIsIOmng process. 3.d Goal 3: Strengthen Council-Commission and Council- Staff Roles and Relationships City Manager Neal Beets reviewed the goal to: "Strengthen Council-Commission and Council-Staff roles and relationships." City Manager Beets advised that he had initiated joint meetings of an individual Commission (1 advisory commission per meeting), beginning in June for interaction between the City Council and Commissioners, during a portion of the Council's regular business meetings. Councilmember Kough advised that he would not be present at the August 14, 2006 meeting; and Councilmembers Ihlan and Pust had advised of their unavailability at the June 19, 2006 Council meeting, with pending discussion later in tonight's meeting regarding changing the meeting date to Tuesday, June 20, 2006. Council consensus was that the j oint meetings was a good idea; with staff directed, in an effort to make the most of the joint meetings, for staff to advise commissions, and the City Council advise staff of their objectives for discussion with each specific commission prior to those meetings, to provide focused discussion topics and issues of concern or interest (i.e., Parks & Recreation Commission: Community Center, Park Improvement Program; Pathway priorities, etc.). City Manager Beets noted that he had intended to ask the staff liaisons to meet with their respective Commissions and Chairs, for their particular and general issues; and Goal 3: Strengthen Council- Commission and Council-Staff Roles and Relationships