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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7, 2014 Page 25 that without ongoing due diligence, those efforts could easily shift back into vari- ous departments. Councilmember McGehee opined that, overall, this was the best set of goals she'd seen in years, and served to treat the City Manager as a rational adult while clear- ly laying out the expectations of the City Council. Strengthen Organizational Health Mayor Roe recognized Councilmember McGehee's suggested language revisions specific to diversity and/or leadership training; and sought consensus of the body. Mayor Roe personally questioned if the suggested language for the City Manager to "conduct..."was appropriate in either version. Councilmember Laliberte agreed that diversity and leadership training were im- portant, but was unsure if that was up to the City Manager. Councilmember Laliberte noted that bringing this training to staff city-wide would cost something; and no budget dollars had yet to be tied to this goal, with the City Manager able to work with only what he has available, and needing flexibility in recognizing that the training may have to start with leadership. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, City Manager Trudgeon responded that yes, training did cost, and therefore his intent as a first step was to limit diver- sity training to the leadership team, consisting of 32 employees initially. As far as a first step for leadership training, City Manager Trudgeon advised that the intent was for him and Finance Director Miller to facilitate and provide training through use of books and in-house as a "pilot"program. City Manager Trudgeon advised that his focus was going to be on the leadership team initially, and in future years as budgets and other innovations allow, the training could be expanded. There- fore, City Manager Trudgeon opined that the language in the Subcommittee's At- tachment A was appropriate for what was being done at this time. Mayor Roe expressed appreciation in hearing that the leadership team consisted of thirty-two employees, and was not just specific to Department Heads. Councilmember McGehee expressed appreciation for City Manager Trudgeon's explanation, commending the City Manager for being creative in implementation of that training. In addition to the importance of the training as previously discussed, Mayor Roe offered his support to efforts outlined in the fourth bullet point identified by the Subcommittee, opining that good customer service and positive relations were vi- tal to what the City was doing and affected every aspect of those operations. Beyond the goal discussion, Councilmember Laliberte requested whether the Ro- seville University was going to be continued or not.