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City Council Meeting Retreat Tuesday, February 18, 2015 Page 7 Community Development Director Bilotta responded that there may be areas to cen- tralize, or others needing to be decentralized, depending on their application. Mr. Rapp noted that this could be combined with "Deploying our Resources" as ef- fectiveness and efficiency measures. On "Performance Measurement," Councilmember McGehee questioned if that divi- sion and organizational efficiency and organized customer service didn't fall under the purview of the City Manager to organize and experiment in decentralizing, while his management of that organizational structure or performance for the City Council was in determining the community's satisfaction level with that process by which it was governing the City. • Efficient and effective structures and resource use Again, Councilmember McGehee opined this was more up to the City Manager Councilmember Laliberte opined that the City Council was saying it was important, and it was up to the City Manager to sort it out. Councilmember McGehee disagreed, opining that it was different in this instance, since it spoke more to organizational effectiveness. Mr. Rapp stated that he didn't see a distinction, and under a Plan B form for munici- pal government, the City Council had its role as the governing board and provided guidance to the City Manager as the government's staff leader. Mr. Rapp noted that the City Council provided the City Manager with expectations, guidance and re- sources, but anything having to do with the organization ultimately came back to the City Council to determine if the City Manager was using those things given to him. Councilmember McGehee opined that historically, the City of Roseville had prob- lems with the City Council stepping in the role of managing staff; and stated that she constantly liked to remind everyone that this is the direction, but the performance measurement piece was needed for the City Council as well. Mr. Rapp clarified that he was not talking about micro-management, but some level of oversight while not stepping over that line. Councilmember Laliberte noted that yesterday's discussion had proven how im- portant and valuable leadership was. • Leadership, including Succession Planning City Manager Trudgeon addressed his definition of leadership innovation in how the organization approached things, as well as how it empowered those within the organ- ization to be leaders.