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Roseville City Council - DRAFT Minutes <br />of 2/06/07 Special Meeting Pg 8 of 10 <br />update; land use applications) to help identify discretionary time and to <br />allow the City Council to self-discipline their discussions — individually and <br />collectively. <br />� <br />� Additional discussion included the need for the City Council to recognize <br />[� their "ownership" of the agenda as the governing body, not just reacting to <br />� staffs agenda items; with the Mayor having the discretion to set the specific <br />� agenda, along with a wor1� plan for staff that made sense from the City <br />� Manager's perspective. <br />] f� <br />l� Mayor Klausing noted that staff wasn't developing the agenda in a vacuum, <br />l� but was implementing Council directives from previous budget, goal and <br />�:� policy priorities, in addition to day-to-day business; and the need to achieve <br />1 a consensus on additional items being brought by individual Councilmembers <br />1� for decision-malting by the entire body, rather than circumventing the <br />� r� process for individual projects, yet allowing individual issues raised by <br />�, constituents to receive adequate time for discussion and consideration. <br />�� <br />�� City Manager N.�a�z��n noted that 2007 may be established for goal and <br />��� priority setting, but that initiatives from tonight could be identified and used <br />2� further down the road. Mr. Ma�inen offered staffs support to help the <br />�� Council balance resources to achieve individual and corporate goals tkrough <br />�� a ranking process by the body, in a preliminary fashion, recognizing limited <br />� time and resources. <br />�, <br />� <br />�c} Consideration was given and discussed for an agenda item entitled, "New <br />�� Business," or "Councilmember Reports or Communication" earlier in the <br />�� agenda for individual Councilmembers to bring forward new initiatives to <br />�� determine citizen support and comment to avoid individual perceptions that <br />"��� issues were not given sufficient consideration. <br />�� <br />�� Councilmember Kough provided an example of potential changes in the <br />;� Franchise Fee Ruling and upcoming legislation and timing concerns for <br />�� immediate Council review and action. <br />�� <br />:�� Further discussion included accommodating outside speakers by allowing <br />�� flexibility in the set agenda; and preferences and expectations of <br />� 8 Councilmembers in receiving additional written background information <br />?�� provided by individual Councilmembers to their colleagues for review prior <br />