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Trainer urges council to keep 'collective authority' focus, build trust in processes
Summary
Trainer Bill Holterstrom presented governance principles to the council, urging members to treat council authority as collective, avoid operational micromanagement, and build processes staff and the public can trust; council members discussed how to balance constituent expectations and chain-of-command responsibilities.
Bill Holterstrom delivered a governance presentation to Vineyard City Council focused on the distinction between council governance (vision, policy) and staff execution (operations), and on practices that help elected bodies be effective.
Holterstrom emphasized that authority resides collectively with the council rather than in individual members and urged councilors to work from…
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