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<br />MINUTES OF ECIAL CALLED CITY COUNCIL RI ~EAT MEETING <br />OF LA PORTE CITY COUNCIL <br />January 22, 2004 <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order by Mayor Alton Porter at 8:30 a.m. Mayor Porter provided the group with <br />opening remarks. <br /> <br />Members of City Council Present: Councilmembers Chuck Engelken, Barry Beasley, Tommy Moser, Louis <br />Rigby, Howard Ebow, Peter Griffiths, Mike Clausen, Mike Mosteit and Mayor Alton Porter <br /> <br />Members of Council Absent: None <br /> <br />Members of City Executive Staff and City Employees Present: City Manager Debra Feazelle, Assistant City <br />Manager John Joems, Assistant City Manager Cynthia Alexander, Assistant City Secretary Sharon Harris, <br />Public Works Director Steve Gillett, Parks and Recreation Director Stephen Barr, Director of Planning & <br />Community Development Wayne Sabo, Assistant to the City Manager Crystal Scott, EMS Chief Ray Nolen, <br />Fire Chief Mike Boaze and Assistant Fire Chief Champ Dunham <br /> <br />Others Present: None <br /> <br />2. City Manager Debra Feazelle introduced facilitator, Tony Privett, who provided City Council with an <br />overview of the agenda. <br /> <br />3. The attached handouts were distributed to City Council by Mr. Privett before they considered a list of long <br />term goals and provide staff with policy direction. <br /> <br />As an icebreaker, Attachment A allowed Mayor and Council to introduce the group to issues of personal <br />importance. Attachments B, C and D were distributed throughout the day, encouraging discussion trust, <br />consensus and leadership. <br /> <br />After lunch, Attachment E was distributed to all as a work product of the morning. All were ranked by a <br />Councilmember, both goals and policy issues. <br /> <br />Attachment F is the final rankings or prioritization. Discussions continue and summary comments were made. <br /> <br />4. The following items were discussed. <br /> <br />. Budget Retreat/Date/Issues for Budget FY 2005-2006 <br /> <br />City Manager Debra Feazelle distributed (see attached) a calendar to confirm a date to hold the Budget <br />Retreat Workshop. The Pre-Budget Retreat will be held on March 19,2005. <br /> <br />. City Council Meetings - March Meeting Conflict with National League of Cities <br /> <br />The regular scheduled City Council Meeting will remain March 14, 2005 there will be a quorum available. <br />Only Mayor and one Councilmember stated their intention of attending NLC. <br /> <br />. Meeting Scheduling/City Council Pollings <br /> <br />Mayor Porter suggested staff to choose three dates when polling City Council for attendance to events <br />such as Groundbreakings, Retreats, etc. This will attempt to enable all of City Council to attend an event. <br /> <br />City Council discussed polling procedures of Council for future conferences. The City Secretary's Office <br />was directed to update procedures to reflect only registering of Councilmembers that are attending <br />