Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/27/2025

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REFLECTION ACTIVITIES Attendees participated in four activities which allowed for time to reflect on how the organization is doing. The activities focused on what was working well, what was not working well, what the city was not doing that it should be doing and what was the city doing that it should not be doing. As identified in 2-0442025: What's working well? • Decreased staff turnover • Positive staff morale as shown through reduced turnover rates from 2022/2023 • Pavement management plan • Social media presence • Community events • Recreation programming • Playground replacement program • Commercial/industrial growth • Ramsey Gateway Project and business • Fire service model • COR shovel ready sites • Police Department Leadershi]3'Tea • City Code updates • Internal relationships across departments • Water Treatment Plant Project • Personnel Policy Updates • City Council/Boards & Commissions pre,aredness • Agenda preparation by staff • City decorations (i.e. lights on trees in the • Council/staff relations • Public Safety communication of major events • Laserfiche Workflow implementation (Ramsey staff lead project) • Electronic records management • WorkSessi. efficiency What's not work''" 1l? • Large levy increases • Embracing process change + Lack of funding for public safety + Equipment replacement costs • Unpredictable public safety equipment cost increases year to year • Challenge of incorporating public safety requests into the budget in relationship to the needs of the entire city • Future Capital Purchase funding status • Social media strategy (amount of content for limited pages) • Public opinion of road conditions • Gravel roads Commented [BH1]: The comments made in the planning session were fitting public safety requests into the budget. Also, the cost of replacing fire trucks.