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City Council Minutes 2018 11-10-18 MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE,KENDALL COUNTY,ILLINOIS HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM, 800 GAME FARM ROAD ON SATURDAY,NOVEMBER 10,2018 Mayor Golinski called the meeting to order at 9:04 a.m. ROLL CALL n Deputy City Clerk Pickering called the roll. Ward I Colosimo Present Koch Present Ward II Milschewski Present Plocher Absent Ward III Funkhouser Present Frieders Present Ward IV Tarulis Present Peterson Present Also present: Deputy City Clerk Pickering, City Administrator Olson,Chief of Police Hart,Deputy Chief of Police Mikolasek,Public Works Director Dhuse,Finance Director Fredrickson,Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble,Director of Parks and Recreation Evans,Purchasing Manager Parker,and EEI Engineer Sanderson. QUORUM A quorum was established. CITIZEN COMMENTS None. BUSINESS—Goal Setting Session City Administrator Olson stated that a detailed action plan had been created last year for all of the City n Council's goals. Administrator Olson mentioned that the goal setting memo included in the packet included updated action plans for last year's goals. Goals from 2017 in order of priority were: 1) Manufacturing and Industrial Development 2) Downtown Planning 3) Riverfront Development 4) Southside Development 5) Road to Better Roads(RTBR)Funding 6) Water Planning 7) Municipal Building Needs&Planning 8) Revenue Growth 9) Traffic Patrol 10) Whispering Meadows 11) Staffing 12) Vehicle Replacement 13) Entrance Signage 14) Water Conservation Plan 15) Employee Salary Survey 16) Parks&Recreation Programming Building 17) Capital Improvement Plan 18) Automation and Technology 19) Public Relations&Outreach 20) Modernize City Code /-� 21) Shared Services Administrator Olson asked the elected officials what they would like to consider for goals for next year. The following ideas were given: Metra expansion, special events amplification,grant opportunities& planning, school safety(exterior&traffic issues),expand economic development efforts,murals&art, Rt. 47 crossings,quiet zones,respect Christmas,manufacturing& industrial,downtown planning and riverfront development, Southside development, Road to Better Roads funding,water planning,municipal building needs&planning,revenue growth, staffing(police and others),vehicle replacement,entrance signage,water conservation, employee salary survey,parks and recreation programming building,capital improvement plan,automation&technology,public relations and outreach,modernize city code,and shared services. The Minutes of the Special Meetine of the City Council—November 10,2018—Page 2 of 2 Each elected official ranked the goals resulting in the following list of goals in order of priority: 1) Staffing(Police and others) 2) Municipal Building Needs&Planning 3) Road to Better Roads(RTBR)Funding 4) Southside Development 5) Downtown&Riverfront Development 6) Water Planning 7) Metra Extension 8) School Safety(Exterior&Traffic) 9) Expand Economic Development Efforts 10) Grant Opportunities&Planning 11) Automation&Technology 12) Manufacturing and Industrial 13) Revenue Growth 14) Special Events Amplification 15) Entrance Signage 16) Route 47 Crossings Administrator Olson reminded everyone that the above goals were not final at this point as they do not include Alderman Plocher's choices as he was unable to attend this meeting. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Golinski adjourned the City Council meeting at 10:50 a.m. Minutes submitted by: Lisa Pickering, Deputy City Clerk, City of Yorkville,Illinois n