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<br /> <br /> <br />City Council 2013-05-22 7:30 p.m. <br />Minutes of Work Session <br /> <br />Present were Mayor Tom Wilharber, Council members Jeff Paar, Steve King, D Love, <br />and Ben Fehrenbacher. <br /> <br />The purpose of the work session was to consider goals for 2013 Goals. <br /> <br />The council reviewed the list of possible goals that came as a result of the joint meeting <br />with Park and Rec and P&Z on February 13, 2013. The consensus was that goals should <br />focus on a few that are measurable and possible. The council discussed the tax rate and <br />the continuing perception by residents that Centerville has high taxes. The possibility of <br />reducing the tax rate to the level of the neighboring communities may not be attainable in <br />the short term, given the City’s focus on street maintenance without special assessments, <br />but progress might be made in that direction by continuing to work on collaboration with <br />neighboring communities and working on building the tax base. The goal of improving <br />the commercial and industrial tax base was identified as the first goal. <br /> <br />The Council at its last work session, reviewed a list of city property that might be <br />designated as surplus. The council discussed the question of whether the property should <br />be appraised before placing it up for sale, or whether the city should just hire a realtor and <br />let them tell the city what the market price should be for each parcel. Appraiser <br />proposals will be brought to Council for consideration. <br /> <br />Council discussed collaboration efforts and successes that have been attained. The City’s <br />participation in Centennial Lakes Police Department and Centennial Fire District were <br />examples of major collaboration that has been successful. Other ideas to be explored in <br />the future are the possible joint operation of utilities and further working together in the <br />area of public works. Council discussed the costs of police and fire services and that it <br />may be necessary to rethink the level of service in order to manage the costs of these <br />services. Consensus was that further collaboration should be the third goal. <br /> <br />The consensus was for the following goals for 2013: <br /> <br /> <br />1.Commercial/Industrial Development. <br /> <br />2.Sale of surplus city property. <br /> <br />3.Collaboration with neighboring communities. <br /> <br /> <br />The meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:10 p.m. <br /> <br />Dallas Larson, Administrator <br />