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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 07, 2007 Page 13 was continuing to work on an electronic format to link ideas and in- put. Councilmember Pust opined that, in order to make this a living docu- ment, ways should be found to involve commissions during the devel- opment. Councilmember Pust further opined that the categories on the matrix identified as "external," "City Council," and "all" be re- moved to avoid any inadvertent prioritization before the City Council had their discussions and in order to keep the public and Council in- volved in all aspects rather than a select few. Councilmember Pust opined that she didn't want a document before the public identifying responsible roles until the City Council had a policy discussion. Councilmember Pust further opined that the entire community has a role in the strategies and goals; and asked Mr. Malinen to take that perspective into the next Department Head meeting. Councilmember Roe supported the process at a staff level, that all get to insert their personal and department thoughts, programs and ideas; then later incorporate all of them back into the original document. Councilmember Roe suggested this would also be conducive to link- ing the document to the web site for community involvement. Councilmember Pust requested that each Councilmember receive an electronic copy of this matrix; but suggested holding the document for public consumption until it was further refined by the City Council and staff. Councilmember Roe opined that each item had ways to involve the community and the City Council in the comment process and deter- mining current procedures or revision. Councilmember Roe opined that the document needed further refinement before it got published to the community; that it still needed some steps by staff and the .City Council, and then the Council should encourage involvement from the community when the document was further developed. Mayor Klausing opined his desire to have advisory commissions work on the document; however, cautioned that the Council needed to set policy as the elected body, following input and suggestions from commissioners, and not having the commissions set their own policies and agendas for the City.