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CITY OF SHOREWOOD
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14,2005
5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
Immediately following Regular City
Council Meeting
MINUTES
1. CONVENE WORK SESSION MEETING
Mayor Love called the meeting to order at 9:13 P.M. and noted Planning Director Nielsen would
be Acting Administrator for this meeting in Administrator Dawson's absence.
A.
Roll Call
Present:
Mayor Love, Councilmembers Callies, Lizee, Turgeon and Wellens; Engineer
Brown, and Planning Director Nielsen
Absent:
Administrator Dawson and Finance Director Burton
B.
Review Agenda
Without objection from the Council, Mayor Love proceeded with the Agenda for the meeting.
2. 2005 WORK PROGRAM/GOALS AND PRIORITIES
Acting Administrator Nielsen explained that Council and Staff annually drafted a list of items to
assist Council in setting the year's Work Program/Goals and Priorities. He noted Council should
add or remove items from the draft list and identify the most important or high priority items.
Council reviewed the draft list of items for the work program, and suggested review of park
dedication fees, automation of payment for city utilities, as well as consideration requiring a small
surcharge or park dedication fee to be charged upon the sale of a house be added to the potential
list of topics.
Discussion ensued regarding the need for completing updates to the Human Resources system and
establishment of an employee committee to review and comment on changes to benefits for City
employees. Mayor Love indicated support for these issues, noting Council had consistently
supported Staff in these matters and he requested a high priority be placed on them in the Work
Program for the year. Council agreed.
Councilmember Turgeon stated there were several items long overdue for review and action
including the employee issues discussed earlier, and she requested Administrator Dawson review
previous year's Work Programs to either prioritize items on the Work Program that had not been
addressed for several years or exclude them from the list. She also requested he provide a potential
schedule of topics aligned with Work Session meeting dates for the Year 2005.
Councilmember Callies also noted it had been her experience that the City of Shorewood handled
its liaison positions with regard to Council and Commissions in a unique manner. She stated she
would like to see the amount of time spent acting as liaison to different committees and
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February 14, 2005
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Commissions reduced, and she was willing to research how other municipalities handled these
positions. She stated she would report her findings on this issue at a later date.
3. OTHER
No other business was presented at this time.
4. ADJOURN
Wellens moved, Callies seconded, Adjourning the Work Session Meeting of February 14,
2005, at 9:34 P.M. Motion passed 5/0.
RESPECTFULL Y SUBMITTED,
Sally Keefe,
Recording Secretary
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Woody Love, Mayor