SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Provide direction regarding scheduling special council meetings as listed.
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SUMMARY:
1) Plan a Strategic Planning Session
Per City Council Policy M, the City Council shall meet in a “strategic planning session to review the five-year financial forecast and update as necessary, the City's Mission, Values and Vision Statements. From these documents a five-year strategic plan will be developed. The five-year strategic plan will become the basis for the annual City Manager and City Attorney Objectives, and the City's annual budget process for the next fiscal year.”
Staff is recommending the following potential meeting dates/times:
Monday, April 11 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Friday, April 22 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
2) Budget Hearing
The City’s first budget hearing is scheduled for September 15, 2016. The County’s second budget hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 27.
Staff is recommending a special council meeting on September 29, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. for the second budget hearing.
3) July Work Session
Council has scheduled a trip to Philadelphia to meet with the Phillies and the Philadelphia Union from July 15 through July 18.
Staff is recommending that the July 18 work session be cancelled. Council has scheduled a council meeting that week on Thursday, July 21.
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