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City of Rk)SEVILLE Minnesota,USA Special City Council Meeting Retreat Minutes City Hall Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Mayor Roe called the meeting to order at approximately 2:06 p.m. Present: Mayor Daniel Roe and Councilmembers Lisa Laliberte, Tammy McGehee, and Jason Etten. City Manager Patrick Trudgeon and Department Heads: Police Chief Rick Mathwig, Fire Chief Tim O'Neill, Finance Director Chris Miller, Public Works Director Duane Schwartz, Parks & Recreation Director Lonnie Brokke, and Community Development Director Paul Bilotta. Facilitator Craig Rapp Mayor Roe announced that Councilmember Robert Willmus would be arriving at approximately 4:00 p.m. due to scheduling conflicts. At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Trudgeon introduced Retreat Facilitator Craig Rapp, who provided an overview of today's program. 1. Overview of Retreat Presented by Facilitator Craig Rapp Mr. Rapp provided a brief summary of his background and career in local government, consulting, work with the Metropolitan Council, and leading various public meetings. Mr. Rapp asked each participant around the table to introduce themselves and provide their experiences to-date with strategic planning, whether good, bad or indifferent; and their one hope and one fear for this process and retreat over the next few days. Mr. Rapp reviewed the structure for the next few days, and reiterated the desire of those present that this effort be effective and not some report that would sit on the shelf or con- tain non-actionable items. 2. Who We Are — Organizational Culture and Value Proposition (including Presenta- tion/Results/Discussion) Mr. Rapp reviewed various value propositions and culture of the organization to address TODAY: who we are and who we want to be and where things were currently at as far as strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT); TOMORROW: what's im- portant or what are our priorities, key outcomes we want, and how we'll define those tar- gets and address accountability to achieve them.