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City Council Meeting Retreat Tuesday, February 18, 2015 Page 34 Also in addressing the financial side, Councilmember Laliberte noted the consid- eration of whether resources were being used well and accomplishing the desired outcome. Councilmember Willmus questioned if it could be tied into something easily measured and put into a metric, such as"if we have greater departmental coopera- tion, it will lead to a higher quality of life (e.g. land use issues). Mr. Rapp suggested the KOI as: "monitor operational effectiveness;" with the tar- get: "adopted effectiveness measured in core service as defined" by those busi- ness or service delivery measurements used. Councilmember McGehee opined that was not what she was seeking, but as stated by Councilmember Laliberte a more collaborative effort, even though it may not be an observable measurement. By setting a target for it as he suggested above, Mr. Rapp opined that it invites staff discussion to look into all ways to accomplish it, hoping that it included col- laboration across the lines and how to best do so. Mr. Rapp noted this could also involved benchmarking Roseville against other communities and searching out other models. Mayor Roe noted it also could involve collaboration among other units of gov- ernment or agencies. By putting too much emphasis upfront on describing the "how," Mr. Rapp cau- tioned that it didn't allow staff to proceed in assessing how and where they could accomplish that collaboration. Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of Mr. Rapp's measurements, and while maybe all goals wouldn't succeed, some additional ones may come forward in the future. In the context of collecting tax dollars, Councilmember Laliberte supported this way to say that at the end of the two year timeframe, the City was more efficient and used equipment, materials and people in the right way and in the right places. Councilmember Laliberte opined that those details were best figured out by staff for the most part. Mayor Roe concurred, opining that it got to all the areas, while allowing the City Manager to define the most cost-effective way to accomplish the various goals. Councilmember McGehee questioned how this fit with the huge interest she'd heard from staff in moving toward collaborative versus silo problem solving, Councilmember Laliberte responded that it would be their choice to do so or not.