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Dayton strategic session prioritizes earlier packets, clearer staff rationale and better communication
Summary
Dayton City council’s strategic-planning workshop used an online facilitation tool to surface priorities: publish agendas earlier, provide more detailed staff reports and clearly show alternative options and staff rationale; members agreed to continue the exercise at a follow-up meeting.
Moderator (S2) led a strategic-planning workshop for Dayton City council that focused council attention on three recurring priorities: getting council packets and agendas earlier, improving the clarity and depth of staff reports (including the rationale and alternatives considered), and strengthening communication between staff and council.
The session used a facilitator tool developed by "Home Run Leadership," which the moderator said had produced 22 responses and synthesized top themes. "We have effective communication strategies... fiscal responsibility, and growth management," the moderator summarized after the tool generated themes for what the city is doing well. The moderator then asked members to list what the city is not doing well and to…
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