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Memo
To: City Council
From: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: September 5, 2019
Re: Monthly Department Report – August 2019
1. City Attorney Selection Process:
I provided staff support for the Council’s selection process for the new City Attorney contract which
included the interview and reference check process. Council selected White Peterson and I am now in the
process of negotiating a new contract with White Peterson to present to Council at the September 26 regular
meeting.
2. Downtown Sidewalk Maintenance Program Development:
I worked with Parks, Golf, Public Works, Finance, Community Development and our Communications
Manager to further refine a proposal for the City to provide sidewalk maintenance service to the downtown
area. This included gathering feedback from a public workshop held on August 7th at the Golf Course that
was well attended. Since that workshop, staff has continued to receive public input on a potential program,
and we have worked to refine the program and the funding options for Council’s consideration at the
September 12th meeting.
3. Library Expansion:
I attended two work sessions sponsored by the Library Board. The first was a joint meeting of the Library
Board, the Construction Manager/General Contractor team, and the building expansion committee to
review initial concepts for the design of the Library. The second was a joint meeting of all the volunteer
groups that are working on the Library expansion to ensure good communication and understanding of the
project as it progresses toward a City Council discussion this Winter.
4. Post Annexation Joint Wastewater Advisory Group (JWAG) Meeting:
At the time of writing this memo, the JWAG meeting has been scheduled for September 10, 2019. I look
forward to reporting back to Council on the results of this meeting.
5. Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Board Tour of McCall:
At the time of writing this memo, the tour for the state board of ITD has been scheduled for September 11,
2019. The tour will include several stops to highlight the community’s interest in State investment in State
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Highway 55 through McCall (3rd Street and West Lake Street) to address safety and traffic concerns
through a coordinated planning effort.
6. McCall Community Center:
In follow up to the August 22nd Council meeting, I am scheduled to meet the new Director and tour the
facility on September 9. I will also begin attending the Center’s Board meetings to reestablish a relationship
and communication channel.
7. Communications Program Update:
Communications has been working with The Valley County Census Team. A comprehensive marketing
plan has been developed to encourage participation in McCall with a focus in September on our second
homeowners who can choose McCall if they live here at least 50% of their year.
City of McCall launched the first phase of the City Process Evaluation (CPE). The goal of CPE stated
simply, is to evaluate current processes and recognize within them, those that can be streamlined for
efficiency, consistency, and better use of already existing technology. A team made up of active workforce
from various departments, levels, and varying specialties was formed at the request of the City Manager to
guide the program and see it through to some identifiable outcomes. As a member of the CPE team, we
have seen great success in our first pass in process evaluations in all departments. After rating, ranking and
recognizing attainable changes, the team will now create individual charters for each process identifying
milestones along the way. The CPE team consists of Erin Greaves - Communications Manager, Chris
Curtin – Information Systems Manager, Garrett Mapp – GIS Analyst, Jodi Weaver- Receptionist, and
Kathy Ikier – Deputy City Treasurer.
The initiative to have McCall recognized as a Bike Friendly Community by Bike Friendly America started
out of Community & Economic Development and is now on the Communications desk for the community
engagement portion of the process.
In August, we started a social media staff introduction program where we feature an employee and how
they help the public. The goal is to give the public tools to know who to talk to get help at City Hall.
Lastly, an attachment regarding feedback about the 2019 Lakeside Liberty Fest is included for your
review.