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Chair Carey said that it would not be a bad thing to say that there will be no new priarities, but he recognizes that the County Commissioners are responsible far addressing the public's needs and there may be something that comes up that the Caunty will be forced to address. Andy Sachs said that he is hearing commitment to attempt to identify priorities and also to discuss some internal issues such as working together. Process for Setting Priority Goals and Objectives for FY 2447-08 • Review proposed process (ta be distributed at the Work session) • Discussion to clarify and revise the proposed process, as necessary. • Decision on a process for setting priority goals and objectives. Andy Sachs said that he would like to meet with each of the Caunty Commissioners prior to the retreat to talk about individual goals and priorities for the next year. The purpose would be to be able to present the Board with a menu of issues and goals so that time is not spent at the retreat generating a list. He reviewed the information on the back of the proposed retreat agenda, as shown below: Following the December 7 Work Session, in preparation for the January 19 retreat: • The facilitator will interview each Board member to identify individual issue priarities and goal priorities for FY 2007-08. • The facilitator will also explore with each Board member their ideas for how the Board can maintain a focus on its priorities, whatever those priorities might be. • Following the interviews, the Manager and facilitator will synthesize the interview data into a draft menu of priority issues and priority goals, and distribute the synthesis for Board member feedback in advance of the retreat. • Based on the feedback from Board members, the Manager and facilitator will then finalize a presentation of priority issue and goal options for Board consideration at the retreat. At the January 19 retreat: • The Board will go through an exercise allowing it to discuss, negotiate for consensus, and if necessary vote to identify a set of issue priorities and goal priorities for FY 2007-08. The Board and Manager will set shared expectations for how they will identify resources, monitor and report on progress, and achieve the Board's priorities. See attached draft meeting plan for the retreat. Laura Blackmon said that looking at priorities would entail the County Commissioners analyzing themselves about what a priority is, but could be delayed in place of other issues. She said that there might be some housekeeping issues that need to be addressed to prepare everyone for things that they want but are not quite ready for. Commissioner Faushee asked if there was an assumption that the priorities shared during the interviews have been based on priorities that have been established. Her fear is that a discussion with each Board member separately will generate a number of priorities that are not predicated on previous discussions. She can see that the list will be really long. She said that the Board decided to work on 5-6 priorities about three months ago and the Board should decide if these are still priorities.