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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7,2014 Page 21 Nays: None. e. Adopt City Manager Goals At the request of Mayor Roe, Subcommittee Members Etten and Willmus re- viewed Attachment A that reflected City Council interests and areas of focus for the City Manager's 2014 Goals. Councilmember Willmus noted that several op- portunities had been provided to allow the entire City Council to weigh in and bring items forward. Councilmember McGehee, after consulting with Councilmember Etten previous- ly, provided a Bench Handout, outlining her iteration of goals and revised lan- guage to replace the language presented by the Subcommittee in Attachment A. Councilmember McGehee opined that, overall, she found the Subcommittee to have done a really good job, noting that she only changed a few things, with one example to avoid instructing the City Manager how to communicate with the gen- eral public, etc. by providing a cleaner goal to make it easier for people to com- municate, which she found less subjective to interpretation. Regarding the City Manager being a visible presence at public events and participating in civic groups, Councilmember McGehee noted that Mr. Trudgeon was already doing this. Councilmember McGehee noted that she also changed the Park Renewal Program from "assuring implementation" to "overseeing implementation." Spe- cific to evaluating possible changes to city landscapes to reduce maintenance costs, Councilmember McGehee advised that she removed this as it was beyond the realm of the City Manager, but better delegated to his direct reports. Coun- cilmember McGehee opined that, as it related to training and succession planning, consideration needed to be given by the City Manager to staff with those skills but who may not be on the current leadership team by providing them opportunities to participate. Regarding commission information and comments, Councilmember McGehee stated that she tried to treat all commissions equally, and since they re- ported to the City Council, revised language that the City Manager assist and sup- port the work of all commissions, at which point the City Council would provide direction to him, not the other way around as indicated. Mayor Roe requested responses from individual Councilmembers on either or both documents. Councilmember Laliberte expressed appreciation for the work of Councilmem- bers Etten and Willmus and their organization of the listed items. Councilmem- ber Laliberte advised hat her initial reaction was that the goals needed to be more specific for evaluation purposes and determinations versus these less specific than she would traditionally expect goals to be. However, Councilmember Laliberte expressed her support for the Attachment A to the RCA versus the even more generalized list in Councilmember McGehee's bench handout.