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Meeting Plan <br />Board of County Commissioners Retreat <br />Friday, January 19, 2007 <br />Southern Human Services Center <br />Desired Outcomes <br />• Priority goals for fiscal year 2007-2008 <br />• Shared expectations for how the Board and Manager will identify resources, monitor and <br />report on progress, and achieve the Board's priorities. <br />• Commitments from Board members and Manager to steps that would help improve the <br />Board's work processes. <br />• Clarification of the process to be used to appoint liaisons to citizen advisory boards and <br />commissions. <br />Retreat Discussion & Decision Making Guidelines <br />• Begin and adjourn on time • It's OK to disagree... please do so <br />• One speaker at a time respectfully <br />• Stick to task and topic • Strive for unanimity, if possible, but <br />• Listen attentively accept that some decisions will be <br />• Share the floor made by majority vote <br />Agenda <br />8:30 Breakfast available <br />9:00 Convene <br />• Welcome by the Chair <br />• Meeting overview by the facilitator <br />9:15 Board Process Issues <br />• Discussion to clarify the items identified during individual interviews with the <br />facilitator (see Part II of "Menu of Board Priorities"). <br />• Selection of one or more of the items for resolution. <br />• Commitments from Board members and Manager to steps that would help <br />improve the Board's work processes. <br />10:15 Substantive Priorities for FY 2007-2008 <br />• Review of Part I, "Menu.of Board Priorities for FY 2007-2008"). <br />• Discussion to clarify items on the menu. <br />• Discussion of priorities. <br />12:00 Lunch Break <br />12:45 Continue with Substantive Priorities <br />• Discussion of priorities <br />• Straw poll exercise, if necessary, to select and rank-order goals