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City council workshop
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
October 4, 2021
The workshop convened at 8:05 p.m. in the Community Room at City Hall.
Councilmembers present: Mayor Jake Spano, Tim Brausen, Lynette Dumalag, Rachel Harris,
Larry Kraft, Nadia Mohamed, and Margaret Rog
Councilmembers absent: none
Staff present: City Manager (Ms. Keller), Interim Human Resources Officer (Ms. Timpone)
Guests: GovHR Consultant (Ms. Lewis)
1. Discussion
Ms. Lewis introduced herself to the council and explained that she is facilitating an onboarding
discussion to assist the council and new city manager with a successful transition into the
position.
Ms. Keller provided the council with her observations after six weeks on the job, and council
had an opportunity to provide feedback to Ms. Keller on their observations. Ms. Keller reported
that the city works well, she senses deep respect among staff and finances are stable. She sees
opportunities in technology, relationship building and equity focus. Council reported that Ms.
Keller has had good relationship-building skills, shows great systems thinking, shows respect
towards council and staff, and overall has felt that the transition has been seamless.
Ms. Keller went over her 30 day/90 day/6-month plan for priorities and outputs. The plan
includes work on establishing a race equity strategy, utilizing key vacancies, further
implementing a systems approach to processes, and fostering strong relationships. Council was
supportive of the plan and reported that although it looks ambitious, it’s in alignment with
council expectations.
The group discussed Ms. Keller’s 6-month performance evaluation that is required by her
employment agreement (closed executive session tentatively scheduled for January 31, 2022).
Ms. Keller will use the plan discussed to create a recommended guide for the evaluation
discussion that will show if results are on course and/or meeting stretch goals in several
functional areas. More information will be provided about the recommended evaluation
process in the coming weeks.
The meeting adjourned at 9:46 p.m.
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Melissa Kennedy, city clerk Jake Spano, mayor
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