CITY COUNCIL
MINUTES
Special Meeting
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
2:00 PM
City Council Chambers
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
• CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 2:00 PM by Mayor Ernesto Gutierrez. • ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status Arrived
Ernesto Gutierrez Mayor Remote
Rita Lamb Mayor Pro Tem Remote
Mark Carnevale Councilmember Remote
Nancy Ross Councilmember Remote
Raymond Gregory Councilmember Remote
1. AGENDA ITEM
A. Review of 2022 Goals and Presentation on Five-Year Strategic Plan Recommendation: To approve a resolution adopting the City Council Goals and Departmental Work Plans for 2022 and provide discussion and direction on a framework for development of a long-term strategic plan and the mid-year budget status report.
Charles McClendon, City Manager, reported that Council met on January 22, 2022, for a Strategic Planning Retreat to develop goals for the upcoming year.
The Council established goals that were subsequently written into formal goal statements along with departmental work plans and incorporated into a Resolution for adoption. He also indicated that Assistant City Manager Katherine Fuentes will be providing a presentation on long -term strategic planning, which was deferred to this Special Meeting to allow time for discussion.
Reso 2022-09
A motion was made by Councilmember Gregory and seconded by Councilmember Carnevale to approve a Resolution of the City Council of the City Cathedral City P a g e 2 Printed on 3/03/2022
of Cathedral City, California, Establishing Goa ls and Departmental Work Plans that have been identified by the City Council for 2022.
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Raymond Gregory, Councilmember
SECONDER: Mark Carnevale, Councilmember
AYES: Gutierrez, Lamb, Carnevale, Ross, Gregory
Katherine Fue ntes, Assistant City Manager , provided an overview of the proposed formation of a Five-year Strategic Plan and recommendations on future actions which included the following:
• Development of Five-Year Project Pipelines & Organizational Charts • Class and Compensation Study
• Development of a Community Outreach and Education Campaign • Various City Council/Staff Strategy Sessions
• Adopt a Five-Year Project Pipelines and Organizational Charts • Prepare the FY 2023-2024 and FY 2024-25 Biennial Budget Based on the Five-Year Project Pipelines and Organization Charts.
Assistant City Manager Fuentes finished her presentation with staff’s recommendation to priori tize the creation of a sustainable, five -year plan that forecasts future community needs and economic challenges by prioritizing long - range planning across departments.
Tami Scott, Administrative Services Director and Kevin Biersack, Deputy Finance Director, provided a mid-year budget status report.
It was the consensus of the City Council to support th e recommendations on the formation of a Five -year Strategic Plan and the recommendations presented by staff.
ADJOURN
Mayor Ernesto Gutierrez adjourned the Special City Council Meeting of February 16, 2022 , at 3:20 p.m.
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