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Andy Sachs said that there will be time to discuss at the retreat, but he will push the <br />Board to make same choices. <br />Commissioner Nelson said that, once the goals are adopted, he wants to see a quarterly <br />report from staff as to the status. <br />Chair Carey said that if the Board establishes something as a goal or priority, then he <br />expects staff to come back in March to report on what it will take to make progress on each <br />project. He wants to know the projects that are already set in motion and what it will take to <br />keep them moving before other projects are added. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked what kind of staff resources would be needed at the upper <br />level versus a lower level to implement the priorities. <br />Laura Blackmon said that there are organizational services that staff is going to provide <br />without Board priorities. If there were no priorities, the staff would have a lot of work to do. The <br />Board would be setting a path for the staff to move the County along. Commissioner Gordan <br />said that she is concerned that the top level of the county staff is being overburdened. <br />Commissioner Nelson made reference to goals and said that it sounds as if the County <br />Commissioners will be creating new goals, but there are existing goals. He said that it would be <br />helpful to have these goals at the retreat and discuss how these priorities fit into the goals, and <br />if steps are being taken to reach the goals. <br />Andy Sachs said that he would like far the County Commissioners to look at these goals <br />ahead of time and when he interviews them, he would like feedback on these individually. He is <br />trying to create a fresh menu at the retreat, and he wants the County Commissioners to filter out <br />the goals. Commissioner Foushee agreed that this is something that should be done <br />individually before the interviews. <br />Commissioner Nelson said that he has done several goal-setting retreats before, and he <br />has never prioritized goals. He said that the projects, objectives, ar the strategies to achieve the <br />goals are prioritized. <br />Chair Carey said that maybe the goals do not need to be prioritized, but the activities to <br />achieve the goals. <br />Andy Sachs clarified that there are many issues, but the trick is to identify the direction to <br />go with respect to the issues. <br />Process for addressing Board organizational issues <br />• DiscussionlDecision <br />^ Liaison Appointments <br />^ Input from advisory boards <br />^ Other issues <br />Chair Carey said that he added this an to see if the Board wanted to da this, but if the <br />Board is not prepared to do this tonight, then he would like to talk about when to make the <br />determinations and the process to do that. He does not want to wait until March or April to do <br />this. <br />Commissioner Jacobs suggested doing this at the January 30t" work session. He <br />suggested asking the Clerk to separate the committees that are limited duration from the <br />permanent ones. He also asked that the sunset dates of the short-term boards and <br />commissions be identified. <br />Chair Carey said that the boards the County Commissioners serve on that the Board of <br />County Commissioners does not appoint to should not be listed. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that there are some listed for him that the Chair of the Board <br />of County Commissioners serves on. These should be listed as "Chair" designation and not <br />individuals. <br />Donna Baker said that the revised list could be sent out ahead of time. <br />