Agenda - Council Work Session - 03/01/2004

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III. Respect current resource levels/limitations; i.e., staffing, equipment, etc. Willingness to listen and be flexible. Commitment of time. Provision of a long-term vision for the city. An expressed appreciation for all staff or the offering of constructive criticism when appropriate. R~COMMENDATIONS FOR FOLLOW-UP Adoption of the Goals as an Official Policy Statement by Council. Council and the management team should, review the seven proposed goals and ensure that the wording reflects the intent of council in these goal statements. Once the goal statements are finalized, they should be adopted by Resolution as an official policy statement of the council as to its leadership goals for the City of Ramsey. Preparation of Management Action Plans (MAPs) for Implementation of the Goals. On pages 23-24 of the participant workbook, a 12-step Strategic =Leadership and Goal-Setting Process is presented~ Step number 8 of this i procesg calls for the establishment of Management Action Plans designed I to ensure achievement of the community's goals in a systematic manner !through carefully crafted operating programs and priorities. These iManagement Action Plans should also include proposed annualized iperformance objectives to be achieved by the management team and iguidance as to revenue and resource allocation policies and requirements needed to achieve these objectives and the goals. (Step 6 of the Strategic !Leadership and Goal-Setting Process.) !Sharing of the Management Action Plans (MAPs) Between Council and [Staff. ~Once the Management Action Plans have been developed by the !~management team, there should be a thorough discussion of them by 'Council and staff to ensure that all parties understand what is going to be !done in support of the goals and to validate that these proposed ,Management Action Plans are consistent with the leadership intent of the ~ity Council relative to the seven goals. 9