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Mayor Kuzma said he is not in favor of pausing the program; however, there needs to be changes <br />to the program in how they address issues. He suggested moving forward with the title change to <br />Property Maintenance Coordinator and have more training around approaching situations <br />educationally. <br /> <br />Councilmember Musgrove shared that she wants the resident to know that if they feel the need to <br />come forward to the Council that it will come forward sooner than it currently is. She added that <br />she likes the idea of renaming the program and having additional education on how to approach <br />these situations. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell stated some of her concerns are with situations where the code <br />enforcement has not been reasonable. She added that the enforcement seems excessive, and she <br />would like there to be assurances that their direction moving forward will be educational so that <br />the residents do not have negative experiences with this program that their tax dollars are paying <br />for. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff said what they are discussing does not seem like it is an issue with <br />the program but rather the management within the program that more attention can be spent on <br />personnel. He added that he agrees with the concerns being shared; however, he does not see a <br />problem with the program and its policies. He said that when they have talked about this in the <br />past, they always wanted this program to be focused on education and he does not feel like the <br />program has changed to be in line with this. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen shared that this discussion that Councilmember Woestehoff is referring <br />to happened before most of the current members of Staff were here. He stated it is management’s <br />responsibility to reiterate these expectations to their Staff and if these expectations are not being <br />met then they will need to address this as a performance issue. He added that he believes the title <br />change will help the public understand that this is an education-first approach. <br /> <br />Councilmember Howell asked if there will be enough of a cultural shift by implementing classes <br />and changing the title of the program to create a different kind of interaction for the public. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen said yes. He stated that Staff has received enough direction this evening <br />that they can brainstorm some title change ideas and bring this back to the Council for further <br />review. He added that they will continue to monitor different training opportunities. <br /> <br />Councilmember Olson noted that he is supportive of the idea of changing the title of the program. <br />He said it has been distressing for him to hear how code enforcement is currently handling these <br />situations, and he thinks there should be zero tolerance for this behavior. He explained that if these <br />discussed changes can affect the program as a whole then he is in support of this; however, he has <br />a hard time believing that just changing the title of the program will have this effect. <br /> <br />The consensus of the Council was to direct Staff to discuss changing the title of this program and <br />look into training opportunities to improve the program from a resident perspective. <br /> <br />2.05: Police Chief Recruitment Plan <br />City Council Work Session / September 24, 2024 <br />Page 10 of 13 <br /> <br />