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Governance committee hears ideas on priorities, asset management and possible consolidation
Summary
Committee members discussed using a questionnaire to set short‑ and long‑term council priorities tied to a difficult upcoming budget, the need for asset inventories and volunteer frameworks, and raised the long‑term idea of government consolidation with the county as a potential topic for future study.
Members of the Governance Committee used the Sept. 22 meeting to brainstorm how to surface council priorities, align committees and explore community partnerships amid looming budget constraints.
Councilor Clark and others proposed a short questionnaire or light strategic process to ask each councilor for top priorities tied to a one‑year and 10‑year horizon and suggested connecting prioritization to the fall budget process. “If we are going to be looking at big cuts… it’s a chance to really foreshadow what’s coming,” Clark…
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