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The Chieftain (Bonner Springs, KS)
December 2 2004
Goal Setting Session Tonight
Author: Clark Corbin
Bonner Springs City Council members and City Manager John Helin are hoping a one-hour goal
setting session tonight will help map out priorities for the next year. Members of the Council will
sit down with Helin tonight at 5:30 at City Hall to discuss and list their priorities and give Helin
some direction for next several months.
"The Council will go through their priorities they have set for the city," Helin said. "That will
give me some guidance." Helin said the meeting is something that the city likes to do annually to
get the staff, city manager and Council up-to-date and on the same page. While he does not know
the specific goals Council members have in mind, he said planning and construction of the new
pool, the Fun Valley Dam project and street projects may be mentioned.
When Helin first came on board with the city, the Council asked Helin to work with his staff to
become more customer-oriented. Since that time he said, staff members have taken classes and
worked toward that goal. The meeting, he said, will likely benefit members of the Council
also."It is a good opportunity to lay out the things that are important to them," he said. "It will be
as much an opportunity for them getting together."
Council member Amber Sechrist said she had not determined what specific priorities she plans to
highlight. She did say, however, that she has a general goals in mind for the session. "I would
like to analyze what (Helin's) goals are for next year and compare them with what I and the
Council collectively come up with," she said.
Sechrist said she is glad the Council will get to meet with Helin tonight, although she would
have rather seen the meeting take place a few months ago, during July and August, rather than
wait until the end of the year. She said the Council's schedule made it difficult to plan something
sooner.
Since the meeting is a work session, no formal action will likely be taken. Helin said the point of
the meeting is to build consensus and dictate priorities and goals. The meeting will be open to the
public.
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