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is hard on staff on camera. It needs to be an open policy. Councilmember Wise stated that we <br />get things done differently in the private sector. <br />The Strategic Planning Session was recessed from 6:00 p.m. to 6:25 p.m. for a dinner break. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that the next exercise deals with four questions: What's <br />working well; what's not working well; what's the City doing that it should not be doing; and <br />what's the City currently doing that it should be doing. <br />Following are the ideas that came out of this exercise: <br />What's working well? <br />➢ Plowing/PW <br />➢ Police/Fire <br />➢ Finance <br />➢ Lean Staff <br />➢ Stewardship of Funds <br />➢ Communications/PR <br />➢ Business Owner Attitude <br />➢ Fire Call Out per Station <br />➢ Building Inspections <br />➢ Most Staff Tasks <br />➢ Ramsey Resident (public perception of it) <br />What's not working well? <br />➢ Sometimes running the City as a business/conflict w/public purpose <br />➢ Time management/Monday Management on as Project Basis <br />➢ Communication between Council/Staff/; Council/Landform; Staff/Staff; Staff/Landform <br />➢ Inefficient/Ineffective use of Park Space <br />➢ Education from Staff re Public Purpose Overall — One on one good; group discussions <br />not as good <br />➢ Plowing Sidewalks <br />➢ Communication between Staff/Development team <br />➢ Planning Manager <br />➢ Too Many Parks <br />➢ Too Many Dedicated Resources <br />➢ Action on Reduction & Reallocation of Park Funds <br />What's the City not doing that it should be doing? <br />➢ Plowing sidewalks — look at map/policy <br />➢ Programming events <br />➢ Feeding City Council <br />➢ Competing w/own business/landowners <br />➢ Being a developer <br />What's the City doing that it should be doing? <br />City Council/Staff Strategic Planning Session / January 24 & 25, 2011 <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />