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Councilmember Musgrove noted the question on training and how some answered that they feel <br />as though they did not have enough training. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley acknowledged that the survey is anonymous’ however, he asked if they are <br />able to see which answers come from the same individual. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher said yes. She noted that the information provided to the <br />Council is all Staff responses pooled together. She stated that the report can be run by groups as <br />well. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma stated that the survey has been good overall. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher stated that the average of strongly agree and agree <br />answers was 70.66%. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff shared that he looked at all results that were in the strongly agree and <br />agree categories and there were only eight questions that fall below the 70% threshold. He stated <br />that it is important to talk about those items. He noted that there were three questions that had low <br />results dealing with Council. He stated that these results are disappointing and wants to solve some <br />of these issues. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht stated that it seems like there is a downward trend for whether or not <br />employees would recommend a job at the City to someone they know, which is down from 96% <br />in 2016. He asked if this was something to be concerned about. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen agreed that this is a sizable decrease from one survey to the next. He <br />stated that this survey was done in house and they can do more targeted survey questions to drill <br />down and get more information on some of the lower scoring areas. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove asked if there could be more feedback on items such as training, which <br />scored low on the survey. She added that when she was first elected to the Council she was directed <br />to not get involved with employees. She stated that now it seems as though there is a different <br />trend and a push to get to know the Staff. She added that there are opportunities for Staff and <br />Council engagement. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff stated that he assumes that all teams are aware of all training <br />opportunities, but based on some of the feedback he asked if they do not have the capacity and <br />time for these training opportunities. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher said this was possible. She added that they can drill down <br />on this. She explained that the City’s personnel policy states that the Council will set a training <br />budget and stated that they can get more information on this. She acknowledged that time may be <br />a big factor in this as well. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley asked what the next step was in this process. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / May 9, 2023 <br />Page 5 of 10 <br /> <br />