Minutes 01-25-2022 Virtual Assembly of Governments Meeting

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10 Travis Myren said one of the strategies is to expand access to behaviorial and mental health. He said he thinks it is just a matter of timing because the two subjects were being discussed at the same time. He said that he can make sure that it gets added to the plan. Commissioner Greene asked how often the team will check-in and provide updates to the elected bodies. Travis Myren said they haven't talked about the frequency in which they will come back to the governing bodies but he can get a plan for regular communication moving forward. Council Member Slade said that he agrees that the crisis diversion center should be included in the plan. He stated that there is an opportunity for mental health crisis first responders and he looks forward to having the conversation amongst jurisdictions about how they might pool their resources together to take the burden off of policing for mental health response. He said while this is called a recovery plan, everyone is still dealing with COVID and that he is not sure if we are out of the pandemic. He said that one of the things identified is how to eradicate covid and given the realities of the vaccines and transmissions still happening, he wants to highlight the importance of wearing good masks in the initiatives section of the plan. He said that under strategy 1.3, one of the best ways to promote local growth is through supporting locally owned businesses. Chair Price said that early on she was reviewing the leadership in departments and management and that there was not a lot of diversity and therefore there was not a lot of diversity in the leadership team. She said they needed to redefine leadership team and who will be in those leadership roles. She said that bringing on nonprofits and their leaders is a way to bring in the people that actually do the leadership work in the community. She said by expanding the definition of what they are looking for in a leadership team and leadership roles, it can become more inclusive. Mayor Seils asked if Travis Myren had a sense of when the governinig bodies will weigh in on the plan again. Travis Myren said around February or March. Commissioner Hamilton said she had specific comments, but given the format, it would not be the time to delve into the details. She said she wants to know how the community will stay on track and focused on the initiatives to get the work done. She wants to make sure the elected bodies are staying focused and implementing the plan. She said that at BOCC meetings, each agenda item is linked to goals that were decided by a previous Board. She said that right now they have the longterm recovery plan and GARE and both are huge plans. She said she would like to see that any topic discussed by the Board of Commissioners is tied to a specific plan and timeline. She asked staff to think about a way of tracking results through a dashboard that is visible to everyone and to keep everyone on track doing the work and to understand where the collaboration is and where it is not. She said it is a good plan and that implementation is going to be what she is looking for. Mayor Seils said that it was is a great way to be approaching any comprehensive planning effort like this is by focusing on the implementation and parsing out the management of the day to day of it all. Council Member Berry said it will be important for staff and Travis Myren to let them know of any limitations they might be experiencing. She said she wants to make sure she is listening to staff about what is possible because there is always more work going on at the same time. She said it is important to understanding what the tradeoffs are going to be if focus is placed on this plan and removed from other work. She said she wants to support staff and needs to hear from them. She said that she truly values this work and wants to know what the costs are to recover together. She said that she expects to hear from staff what they need from the electeds.