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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />June 11, 2024 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />City Manager Durbin proposed a modified process this year to connect the Council <br />Work Plan with the City's strategic initiatives. He reiterated that the role of Council is to <br />set policy, not to lead individual tasks or projects. The strategic framework should inform <br />the Council work plan and both should align. <br />Deputy City Manager Fox reviewed the timeline for the work plan process. City Manager <br />Durbin stated the goal was to have Council focus their thinking at the strategic priorities <br />level and he gave examples of what that might look like. The 2024 work plan was a mix <br />of priorities, projects, and tasks and staff is suggesting the 2025 work plan focus solely <br />on strategic priorities. This would then allow staff to determine the steps and tasks it will <br />take to get there. <br />Deputy City Manager Fox stated that for this year staff is asking each Councilmember to <br />submit a list of strategic challenges or opportunities they would like in the work plan. <br />With the list please identify what success would look like in taking on that issue. <br />Deputy City Manager Fox reviewed the next steps for the work plan and the meetings <br />that will be scheduled. <br />Members discussed how they might define success, noting some items are difficult to <br />define. <br />Hamlington asked if Council could get a list of the project staff already be will doing so <br />Council does not have to include those in their lists. <br />Mayor Leh noted staff is already doing a large amount of work on core services and that <br />takes up a great deal of time. That needs to be taken into account when Council created <br />additional items on their work plan. <br />Mayor Pro Tern Dickinson noted it is hard to evaluate how many projects can get done <br />with the time constraints, financial constraints, and limited staff time. It is hard to identify <br />what can be done reasonably and within budget. <br />City Manager Durbin stated if Council can identify clear priorities then staff can steer <br />their work better to fit into those priorities. Deputy City Manager Fox added that if the <br />priorities are clear staff can then identify the tasks needed to address the goal and what <br />tradeoffs might be needed to get there. <br />Public Comments <br />Sherry Sommer, Louisville, stated she is interested in how community demands will be <br />incorporated in the work plan. She stated ideally these goals can be met without political <br />pressure. <br />