Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/12/15 & 02/17/15 Strategy Session - 02/12/2015

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Page 4, Q1. Other Comments 1 I hope the new Council really works to gain the trust of BOTH the staff and the Jan 23, 2013 1:51 PM • residents. Take the time to really evaluate where we are going and strive to keep 'personal' desires somewhat out of the equation... you are to listen to the residents that YOU represent, so get out there and hear them. Often once elected, officials stop listening and do what they want or what is good for their personal business. Please work for Ramsey and it's residents... we are tired of all the bad press Ramsey gets! Thank You 2 Looking forward to working with city council and staff with the agenda of a better Jan 22, 2013 10:45 AM Ramsey 3 We have HOPE! Jan 20, 2013 7:50 PM 4 Lead by example. Make sure in all you do, what you are saying is what you are Jan 17, 2013 12:13 PM doing. Finally have recycling containers in the City Hall meeting rooms. How long did that take to implement? Years ? ?? Not the best recycling example by the City. Stop printing the newsletter on that bleached, glossy, expensive paper and go back to recycled paper, one or two color printing, and dedicate a page to summarizing City Council, commission and construction information for the residents. DO NOT say you can put it on the internet. The City website is subpar, not everybody has access to it (or wants to), and the newsletter is being sent out anyway. Or in federal funding parlance, use it or lose it. Are you trying to turn the newsletter into junk mail? Make it relevant, or seriously increase the usability of the website. And that would include the search function on the site, and making it much easier to find ordinances. The titles that are search returned are not the best... Consider stop using all consultants and using staff. A consultant is somebody you consult for an idea, opinion, history. You do not have (hopefully) a consultant run your life, or City. Consultant's should not be on a retainer. One reason is the lack of ideas. If you are stuck with a consultant, you are also stuck with all their ideas, companies, contracts. You can't shop an issue out. No consultant has all the (best) answers. The City Council was elected by the people. If consultants want to run the City, maybe they should be on the ballot themselves (after all, the Supreme Court did say corporations have individual rights, didn't they ?). Have a great day. 5 This is an important time for the city to turn in a new, more positive direction. I Jan 15, 2013 11:44 AM believe that we have found the right group of leaders to take us there and I am looking forward to working with them! 6 I am very hopeful of the new elected city leadership. THe voters ahve spoken Jan 14, 2013 3:55 PM and now we need to all work together to move forward 7 thank you for asking. Jan 14, 2013 3:32 PM 40 of 40 • •