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CITY COMMISSION GOAL SETTING SESSION
JANUARY 21, 2011
MINUTES
Present: Mayor Warmington, Vice Mayor Gawron, Commissioners Carter, Shepherd, Spataro,
Wierengo, and Wisneski.
Staff Present: Mazade, Al-Shatel, Grant, Kleibecker, Maurer, Kuhn, Brubaker-Clarke, Bailey,
Paul, Lewis, Smith, Thompson, Scholle, and Becker.
Others: Dave Alexander, Muskegon Chronicle
Opening remarks were given by Mayor Warmington.
Bob Kuhn facilitated the session. Meeting began at 9:00 a.m.
The Mission, Vision and Value Statements were reviewed.
What have we done well
Managed money and resources we do have
Still maintain high level of services
Better communication
Controlling health insurance
Departments working as a team
Lived within our budget
Team work setting priorities
Fire Department negotiations
Public Relations for crime and image of City of Muskegon
Optimize services
Leadership
Public/Private Partnerships
Seemingly no crisis
Financial Projections
Muskegon 25
Wise employees
Fiscal year changes
Farmer’s Market Bridge Card
E-bills
Appearance of downtown
Limbs picked up during windstorm
Using youth as voting inspectors
Inter-department Cooperation
Review of General Fund and Revenues
Tim Paul gave a review of general fund revenues and expenditures as well as actual and
projected fund balance.
A list of ten financial positives and financial concerns were provided and reviewed.
Plans
Contingent Planning
Regional Cooperation
Evaluate positions in Inspection Department to continue or privatize
Physically move offices to share office personnel
City Staff lefi the meeting/session at 12:30 p.m.
City Manager and Commission continued discussions immediately following.
Meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
Ann Marie Becker, MMC
City Clerk
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