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Nariums OF THE GOAL SETTING SESSION OF THE MANTIC BEACH CITY
COMMISSION HELD AT 9:00 AM ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1990 AT THE PARKS
AND RECREATION OFFICE IN RUSSELL PARK
Present were Mayor Gulliford and Commissioners Cook, Edwards, Tucker and
Weldon. Also present were City Manager Leinbach and City Clerk King.
The City Manager opened the goal setting session and explained its
purpose was to discuss policy direction, to identify critical problem
areas and to set goals, both short and long range, and to establish
priorities.
He commenced by having the group do a brief exercise to demonstrate that
thinking together as a group produces better results than individuals
thinking and acting separately.
He then outlined the functions of the City Commission, City Manager and
city staff and asked if the City Commission agreed with his assessments.
Brief discussion took place regarding the budget and the City Manager
explained that he would like department heads to submit their budgets
according to their needs. The City Manager would review the budgets and
make his recommendations and the budget would be suhnitted to the
Commission in its uncut form. Department heads would be invited to the
budget meetings to explain their needs and justify their budgets.
At this time the City Manager asked the Commissioners to visualize haw
they would like the city to be in the year 2000 and present general
goals they felt the city should work toward. The following goals were
presented:
1. Maintain the attributes of the community (that brought our citizens
here in the first place
2. Kccp Atlantic Beach a bedroom community
3. Keep Atlantic Beach residential in nature (current status)
4. Recreational facilities - maintain and improve
5. Keep up with infrastructure - community-wide
6. Cooperation/mutual help among the three beach communities
7. Educate our citizens in all areas relating to the operation and
management of the city
8. Maximize the community's image through beautification
9. Enhance the desirability of Atlantic Beach as an employer
10. Acquire land, as economically feasible, for the city
11. Maintain the integrity of the ocean front and the ability of our
citizens to access same
12. The City Commission and staff equally represent and serve ALL areas
and citizens of the city
13. Every city service pays for itself
The City Manager suggested taking the Commissioners on a tour of the
city facilities to better acquaint them with the functions and problems
of each and they agreed this would be a good idea.
The Commissioners were then asked to present individual goals they would
like to see accomplished within the next two or three years. Thirty
goals were presented and then rated according to priority.
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Minutes of Goal Setting Session
January 27, 1990
The session ended at 3:20 PM and a complete report of the day's
activities and the individual goals is being prepared by the City
Manager and will be attached hereto and made a part hereof.
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Maureen King, City Cl rk