10-15-96 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, October 15, 1996
Present: Council President Schneider and Councilmembers Brien,
Cullen, Noll, O'Leary, Stehura, and Westphal. Present from the
Administration: Steve Sheiffer, City Manager; Tom Rogers,
Assistant City Manager; and Susan Musick, Personnel Director.
The Council met at 8:00 a.m. at the Fire Training Center to
conduct a strategic planning session. Mr. Jon Cruzan, Human
Resources Director at Mercy Health System, served as facilitator.
The Council engaged in a series of interactive
exercises/activities designed to build teamwork; to facilitate
communication; and to develop a set of priorities for the future.
For major priorities, individual Councilmembers listed the
following: spending controls, customer satisfaction, General
Motors campus, downtown revitalization, southside beautification,
growth, economic development, and gangs. When each Councilmember
was given five votes to cast, the following occurred: spending
control (9), customer satisfaction (5), General Motors campus
(6), downtown revitalization (6), southside development (2),
growth (0), economic development (5), and gangs (2).
A discussion was held concerning how the Council should proceed
in pursuing the priorities. There was consensus that economic
development; balanced growth; and southside growth were
priorities that were currently being addressed. The
Administration will provide the key role in facilitating an
ongoing Council dialogue/study sessions on spending controls
versus services. The Council will address the downtown
revitalization process and asked that a meeting with Forward
Janesville be facilitated. The Administration is currently
working on the General Motors campus project. As soon as the
preliminary work is done, the project will move to the Council
level. Customer satisfaction will be a joint effort of citizens,
employees, the Administration, and Councilmembers in a total
quality management (TQM) process. The gang issue will be
addressed as part of the normal budget study sessions.
The session adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City
Council.
Steven E. Sheiffer
City Manager