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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 13,2011 Page 20 Ayes: Johnson; Pust; Willmus; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. f. Review 2011 City Manager Goals City Manager Malinen advised that he had worked with Councilmember Johnson to be more expansive on some of the goals listed; and in reviewing some of last year's goals and work plan objectives, and what was being done with internal op- erations, he had developed the list as presented for Council review and considera- tion. Organizational and Human Resources Management(bullet point#3) Mayor Roe asked if there was a measurement to "Pursue improved La- bor/Management Relations?" City Manger Malinen opined that while some may not be specifically measurable, but only continuing efforts; he could continue to show steps he had taken to achieve it or completion of it. Mr. Malinen noted that there had been a number of mediations and arbitrations lately, and he would like to avoid them; suggesting that perhaps demonstrable goals could be through fewer of those impasses; and sitting down more often or find other ways to work with union groups to avoid those situations. Organizational and Human Resources Management(bullet point#4) Mayor Roe questioned if, under "Advocate further examination of e-commerce and e-government concepts" it was meant for the City Manager to look to advo- cate for examining e-commerce or to further the examination by staff? Mayor Roe suggested that the City Manger's role would be for "further the examina- tion." City Manager Malinen advised that part of what he did at his level, was to lead departments to explore doing things differently electronically and explore other ways of doing business. Fiscal Business Management (bullet point#3) Mayor Roe questioned how the performance measures that are continuing to evolve fit into "Pursue sustainable, long-range financial condition;" or whether that fit in better under Long Range Planning/Strategic Plan (bullet point #3 en- titled, "Improve integration of strategic planning into the budget process?" City Manager Malinen advised that, in terms of performance measurement, he wasn't sure if long-range was what he envisioned, and suggested it may be best to add "performance measurement" to either one; with his intent in including per- formance measurement as part of the budget process to understand cost/service ratios.