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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AT THE TIME OF 6:06.
THIS IS GOING TO BE THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION FOR THE CITY OF PRINCETON TODAY, JULY 25TH, 2022.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO ROLL CALL MYSELF BRIAN AT CHACON IS PRESENT, MR. DEFFIBAUGH? HERE. MR. KLEIBER? HERE. MR. OBERA? HERE. MR. WASHINGTON? HERE. AND MR. UNDERWOOD? HERE. ALL RIGHT. TONIGHT ON OUR WORK SESSION, WE HAVE AGENDA ITEM 2022 WORKSHOP 001 STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE
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ACTION REGARDING THE CITY COUNCIL.STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR FISCAL YEAR 23 BUDGET.
AMBER, IF YOU DON'T MIND PULLING UP THAT DOCUMENT THAT I EMAILED OVER TO YOU.
ACTUALLY FIRST, IF YOU'LL JUST PULL UP THE ITEM THAT'S ATTACHED TO THIS.
ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE GOING TO START GETTING IN THEIR BUDGET ITEMS OVER TO US.
IN THE PAST, THIS IS KIND OF OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES THAT COUNCIL HAS ADOPTED.
MOST OF US WERE NOT HERE AT THAT TIME FOR 2020.
BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF WHAT WE'VE ROLLED WITH SINCE THEN.
SO IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS, THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, WHENEVER THE DEPARTMENTS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR BUDGET TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS WHERE IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THESE PRIORITIES, THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING BY.
AGAIN, IT DOES GET VERY WORDY IN THIS DOCUMENT AND IT'S.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S LOOSE TO INTERPRET, BUT IT'S JUST IT CAN GET CONVOLUTED EASILY.
IF YOU LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, THEY'VE KIND OF CHANGED THAT APPROACH AND THEY'VE HAD MORE HEADINGS.
SO DEPARTMENTS ARE ABLE TO GO INTO THOSE HEADINGS AND ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE PRIORITIES MAY FALL UNDER INDIVIDUAL ONES NUMEROUS TIMES, IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO SEE WHERE THAT BUDGET ITEM ACTUALLY FALLS VERSUS BULLET POINTS, FIVE, SEVEN, NINE, WHATEVER.
WE CAN JUST SAY, OKAY, THIS IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? SO IT MAY COVER A BROAD AREA, BUT IT JUST HONES IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO LAST YEAR, OUR CFO, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT GET OUR BEST SCORE ON.
WHENEVER WE HAVE IT IN HERE, AGAIN, THOSE ITEMS ARE JUST BETTER, RIGHT? SO, AMBER, IF YOU WILL, PULL UP WHAT I EMAILED TO YOU.
SO ALL OF THESE BULLET POINTS, THIS IS WHAT WE JUST LOOKED AT.
THAT'S FINE. WE'LL ROLL IT THIS WAY.
SO YOU CAN SEE YOU'VE GOT FINANCIAL HEALTH, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, SUSTAINABLE, SUSTAINABLE, SMART CITY INFRASTRUCTURE, COMMUNITY FOCUSED GOVERNMENT. AND THEN BENEATH THAT, WHAT WAS THE SEVENTH ONE? AMBER IT WAS ANOTHER GOVERNMENT, ONE EXCELLENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THESE BULLET POINTS ARE GOING TO FALL UNDER THE SAME HEADINGS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU LOOK AT MAINTAIN A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO FALL UNDER OBVIOUSLY YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
BUT YOU COULD SEE THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO FALL UNDER PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT AS WELL.
SO IT HELPS ON THAT END BECAUSE IT GIVES OUR DEPARTMENTS A LITTLE MORE DIRECTION.
SO FEEL FREE IF YOU WANT TO ADD TO THIS CHANGE THIS.
THE STUFF AT THE TOP DEFINITELY DOES NOT HAVE TO STAY SPECIFICALLY THIS WAY.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY PROBLEMS WITH IT, BUT IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR CORRECTED, THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN THE BOOK ALSO FOR THE HEADINGS AS WELL.
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DO THAT. SO THIS IS OUR WORKSHOP TO DO IT.AND MOST OF THESE ARE PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
SO I MEAN, FINANCIAL HEALTH, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO FALL UNDER JUST MONEY, PERIOD, RIGHT? SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE KAREN'S WHEELHOUSE THERE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT THAT ALSO COULD BE LIKE, SAY, OUR EVENTS DOES A BLOOD DRIVE.
RIGHT. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET FOR A BLOOD DRIVE.
IF WE MAKE THAT SOMETHING BIG.
SO THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER, BUT THEY'RE ALL SEPARATE AT THE SAME TIME.
I DON'T KNOW THE WORD TO USE, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
AND WE NEED TO CONSOLIDATE IT.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS ON HERE OR TO CHANGE? [INAUDIBLE]. I ABSOLUTELY JUMP IN JUST FOR A MOMENT.
SO JUST. SO WE WANTED YOU TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE AS WE'RE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH AND THE 250 PAGE DOCUMENT, ONE OF THE.
ONE OF THE GRADING SCALES, THAT IS.
LOOKED AT BY GFOA IS HOW WE TIE THE THE DEPARTMENT'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO THEY WANTED US TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB ON TYING THAT DOWN IN THE DOCUMENT.
AND SO MANY CITIES ARE, AS THE MAYOR EXPLAINED, UTILIZING A LITTLE BIT SHORTER HEADING THAT DESCRIBES THEIR OVERALL PRIORITIES SO THAT WE CAN POINT TO IN THE BUDGET DOCUMENT WHAT SPECIFICALLY AND IT MAY BE TWO MIGHT EVEN BE THREE SPECIFIC HEADINGS THAT THAT DEPARTMENT TOUCHES.
AND SO AS WE DEVELOP THE PAGES IN THE DOCUMENT, WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A GRAPHIC IN SOME MANNER THAT WE PLACE IN THAT PAGE THAT QUICKLY REFERENCES THE PRIORITIES IN WHICH THAT THAT BUDGET WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT APPLIES TO SO THAT IT'S READILY IDENTIFIABLE.
LOOK, WE ARE HITTING THE PRIORITIES WITH OUR OUR BUDGET.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS THE MAYOR AND I DISCUSSED.
AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB OF PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE, EITHER LIKE THIS OR WITH SOME TWEAKS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BUILD THAT BUDGET DOCUMENT, WE CONVEY TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE HITTING YOUR PRIORITIES.
SO FOR THEIR OBJECTIVE, THIS IS GOING TO HIT EXCELLENCE IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
PERFECT. ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A MOTION? I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION.
WE NEED EMOTION FROM EVERYBODY.
JUST IF YOU'RE ALL DONE WITH DISCUSSION, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MAYBE GUIDE IN ANY MANNER THAT YOU MAY NEED, BUT ULTIMATELY, WHAT WE WANT TO GO AWAY FROM THIS EVENING WITH THIS DISCUSSION IS A DIRECTION ON WHAT THE PRIORITIES WOULD BE IDENTIFIED IN THE BUDGET ITSELF.
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SO JUST MAKE SURE THIS BOTTOM PART, THESE HEADINGS THAT ARE IN RED, MAKE FOR SURE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE STAFF WILL BE WATCHING THIS MEETING TONIGHT AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO KNOW MOVING FORWARD WHEN THEY'RE PREPARING THOSE BUDGETS THAT WE'LL SEE VERY SOON.THIS IS THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE ARE. IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THE HEADINGS WHICH WHICH HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND GIVE DIRECTION TO THE STAFF TO USE THAT IN DETERMINING THE BUDGET BOOK OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND. ALL RIGHT.
WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES 5-0 FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ADOPTION OF THE HEADINGS TO OUR BUDGET BOOK.
WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE.
MADAM MAYOR, I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN, PLEASE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL BE BACK AT 6:30 FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.