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<br />City Administrator Hagen explained that this could be a little different as there could be projects <br />they want to do that are not in the CIP and they do not have the budget for all of them. He suggested <br />this item stay in the Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley suggested asking Staff for cost-saving ideas and making it a contest to see <br />who can come up with the best cost savings. <br /> <br />Councilmember Buscher noted that there is not currently anything in place that stops Staff from <br />sharing their cost-saving ideas with their department head so the only thing this would be adding <br />would be the incentive. She added that this incentive could create a loss in itself. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman said that the Staff on the ground level likely see a lot of inefficiencies and areas <br />where they could save money and he thinks this is a great idea to ask them for their feedback. <br /> <br />City Engineer/Public Works Director Westby suggested that they limit Staff’s suggestions to <br />within their own departments. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman stated department heads can field the suggestions from within their own <br />department and only pass along the ones that they think would be helpful. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley asked if there is any additional training or grant funding that they could <br />offer to certain members of Staff. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen said there are grant writing courses available. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman encouraged Staff to use AI to help write grants. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley noted that he does not think that the objective for maintaining and <br />improving existing park, street, and trail conditions City-wide is needed as this is something that <br />is already being done constantly. He said this is of the utmost importance but does not think it <br />needs to be included in the Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />Mayor Heineman asked if there is a benefit to still having this objective listed in the Strategic Plan. <br /> <br />City Administrator Hagen agreed with Councilmember Riley and said he could go back and look <br />at his notes from the last meeting to see if there was discussion about keeping this on. <br /> <br />Councilmember Buscher shared that they had a discussion at the last meeting about items that <br />stayed on the Strategic Plan because they are continuous work and wanted to show the residents <br />that the City is continuing to invest in these important items. She noted that some of the items <br />seem a little loose and do not have timeframes or percentages listed which will make it difficult to <br />decide if they have met the objective. <br /> <br />Councilmember Specht asked if they would be tying in the trail policy to this objective. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / May 13, 2025 <br />Page 5 of 9 <br /> <br />