Minutes - Council Work Session - 05/18/2021 - Special

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that need further discussion, should be modified, or removed. He explained the different levels of the goals, strategies and actions of the Strategic Plan and the related timeframe in which that should cover. He reviewed the first high level strategy and stated that it seems there is strong consensus of the Council to keep that statement. He stated that Councilmember Musgrove proposed to add the language “while maintaining and increasing transparency and accountability” and asked for input from the Council as to whether to keep the item as written or add the additional language. Councilmember Woestehoff stated that staff understands their workloads better than the Council and was unsure that the Council would need oversight but agreed that transparency would help on a high level to explain to the Council why things work better or would provide more efficiency or cost-savings. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill suggested dropping accountability from the language, focusing more on transparency. Councilmember Musgrove confirmed she would support that. She agreed that she does not want to get in the way of staff. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill polled the Council and there was consensus to leave the language as originally written and not add the additional suggestion from Councilmember Musgrove. He reviewed the additional action items identified from the staff survey and confirmed the consensus of the Council to add those items. He reviewed the strategy related to the pavement management plan and asked if that should remain in the plan. He stated that the discussion tonight should not focus on the franchise fee or pavement management plan but whether to leave the item in the plan. Councilmember Riley commented that this item was already accomplished and did not expect to see it remain. He stated that pavement management is an important area, but he believed the item was accomplished and should be removed. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill commented that the language could also be changed from implement a pavement management plan to evaluate the current pavement management plan. Councilmember Musgrove commented that she was glad to see that the item was still on the plan because it would provide an opportunity for discussion with the new Council. She stated that she would like the item to remain. She stated that there is a difference of opinion on how to fund the roads, whether that be done through the tax levy or franchise fee. She asked when the conversation would happen related to the road funding options. Deputy City Administrator Gladhill commented that the Strategic Plan helps to populate the future worksession discussion topics based on priority. He acknowledged that this is an important discussion topic for the Council. He stated that perhaps discussions would occur along with the budget discussions which begin in July. Councilmember Musgrove commented that she feels this is very important and would want to begin discussions before the budget discussions begin. City Council Special Work Session / May 18, 2021 Page 4 of 19