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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 14, 2012 Page 7 McGehee that all strategies impacted all departments; however, from staff's perspective, someone needed to take the lead. Toward that effort, Coun- cilmember Johnson asked that Councilmember McGehee review the items to ensure proper leadership was in place. Councilmember McGehee, from that perspective, concurred that it appeared that leadership was in place; however, she wanted it to be very clear that if one de- partment was not taking responsibility to forward a directive, other departments could provide input. Councilmember McGehee noted that several entries already contained two lead departments. Mayor Roe suggested to City Manager Malinen that staff add an additional cat- egory listing other participating departments, while continuing to designate the lead department separately. Regarding Councilmember McGehee's suggestion (page 4) regarding sustaina- bility of the City's infrastructure (e.g. sewer system), Mayor Roe noted that the CIP Task Force had included that as a work plan item for 2011, with the first of two rate changes part of that process and recognizing the importance of main- taining the stability of the City's infrastructure system. Mayor Roe noted that new items would continue to be added moving forward. Councilmember McGehee noted that, even with the long-term CIP, the City was still experiencing multiple sewer back-ups annually; and expressed her concern that the public remain aware of the ongoing maintenance challenges faced by the City and its fifty (50) year-old infrastructure and required funds to repair, improve, or replace it. Mayor Roe noted that the CIP attempted to address those ongoing concerns; and hoped to see fewer issues as maintenance issues were addressed. Mayor Roe noted that Councilmember McGehee's concerns fell under the need for "im- proved communication with residents" strategy. Under "communications," Mayor Roe suggested the addition of "e- communications" as an additional category, one that would include the City's list-serve); and suggested removal of"meaningful" from that statement. Councilmember McGehee suggested replacing"meaningful" with "useful" or a similar word, opining that the City had a lot of different types of communica- tion,but they may not always serve the needs or goals desired.