TITLE
Recommendation to receive and file the Mayor and City Council Workshop Final Report and adopt the Mayor and City Council Norms. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY 23) Adopted Budget, the City Council allocated $50,000 in one-time funding to conduct a City Council Prioritization Process to better inform future City of Long Beach (City) programming.
In December 2022, the City Manager’s Office engaged Baker-Tilly to facilitate a Mayor and City Council priority setting workshop, which was publicly noticed, to establish priorities to guide budgetary decisions and development of work plans in City departments.
This process included three milestone activities as outlined below.
· Activity 1 - Gathered Background Information and Conducted Interviews
o Conducted individual interviews with the Mayor and members of the City Council to learn about key accomplishments, challenges, and top priorities over the next two to four years
o Collected background information from a variety of sources including the Strategic Vision 2030, the Mayor’s Opportunity Beach Agenda, budget forecast, and other publicly available items.
o Gathered information from the City Manager’s executive team through a questionnaire about major plans and initiatives.
· Activity 2 - Designed and Facilitated City Council Workshop
o Held a workshop at California State University, Long Beach on March 30, 2023 for the Mayor and City Council. This was a publicly noticed and held meeting where the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Clerk and City Attorney were also in attendance to oversee and support meeting logistics.
o During the workshop, Baker-Tilly facilitated a discussion about City Council norms for governing, district commonalities, and identification of the Council’s top priorities for the next two years. Two foundational and three core priorities were identified.
· Activity 3 -
o The City Manager’s Executive team met on May 30, 2023 to discuss integration of the ...
Click here for full text