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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />40 <br />41 <br />42 <br />43 <br />44 <br />Attachment B <br />DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting <br />Monday, May 11, 2015 <br />Page 21 <br />Councilmember McGehee expressed appreciation for this part of the presentation, <br />opining that she was unaware of any opportunities in the past for employees to <br />conduct a satisfaction survey, which she found to be a good idea and providing an <br />opportunity for employees to see if their job descriptions resemble the job they <br />were actually doing. <br />Regarding collaboration opportunities, Councilmember Willmus noted in the past <br />discussion had been held regarding looking to other local government units (e.g. <br />Ramsey County, MnDOT, and others) on a broader basis. Councilmember <br />Willmus expressed his concern also that, initially starting from Retreat discus- <br />sions as what was desired over the next few years, had now expanded to 5-6 <br />years, and suggested being cognizant of how to bring that all together and tie it <br />up. <br />Regarding an employee satisfaction survey, Councilmember Willmus admitted he <br />wasn't quite sold on how that tied to other items being proposed as initiatives, <br />opining that it could take him a while to get to that. <br />Councilmember Etten suggested a different KOI for this priority entitled "Build- <br />ing Organizational Strength," and several targets, one of which could be "em- <br />ployee satisfaction." Councilmember Etten noted the value and importance of the <br />City Council listening to those performing the City's work day-to-day, but not <br />necessarily as a separate KOI, but in order to develop and nurture succession <br />planning and develop staff skills. As an example, Councilmember Etten noted <br />there should be more than one staff person skilled to serve as a liaison to an advi- <br />sory commission, addressing development of more depth and strength for em- <br />ployee skills moving forward. Councilmember Etten stated that he could support <br />including another KOI for staff development in a different format, or remove <br />"employee satisfaction" and add his suggestion, allowing initiatives to flow from <br />that and include additions. <br />Mayor Roe opined that sounded familiar to him from Retreat discussions as well. <br />Councilmember McGehee disagreed, opining that she found it important to have <br />an employee satisfaction survey to find out if they had sufficient training for the <br />jobs they were performing and if they felt they were in a safe environment to <br />work, and there was enough flexibility for them to grow within based on the <br />strength of the arganization from their perspective. Councilmember McGehee <br />opined that, in many ways, the City's employees were customers, and if they felt <br />they had no advancement opportunities or no succession planning was in place, or <br />not enough depth was available in their jobs, or if they felt unable to respond to <br />certain situations, she thought those were important things far the City Council to <br />be aware o£ As the City Manager became aware of those issues as well, Coun- <br />