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City presents workplace culture assessment; staff report strong engagement but want deeper survey work

Onalaska Common Council · March 11, 2026
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Summary

City staff presented a multi‑phase workplace culture assessment showing high staff engagement on some measures but lower scores on transparency and inclusion; next steps include department-level discussions, a more extensive May survey, and a proposed council retreat to engage elected officials.

City staff summarized findings from an ongoing workplace culture assessment that combined facilitated sessions, a pulse survey and planned follow-up work. The assessment found high employee agreement that “the work I do matters” (about 89%) and that staff have access to needed equipment (roughly 87%), but lower agreement on transparency in high-level decision-making (about 40%) and inclusion in decisions that impact employees (about 50%).

City Administrator Rick…

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