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4 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City Council City Manager & Staff Advisory Boards, Commissions, <br />Task Forces <br />• Make policy-level decisions <br />• Hire & supervise City Manager <br />• Approve <br />o Budget and related work plan <br />o Ordinances and policy decisions <br />o Development proposals <br />o Variances and rezoning requests <br />• Appoint representatives to advisory <br />boards and commissions <br />• Provide best efforts and <br />technical advice to Council <br />• Manage operations and <br />staff <br />• Propose budget and policies <br />• Carry out Council decisions <br />• Deliver services <br />• Equitably enforce codes & <br />policies <br />• Provide community perspective <br />• Propose work plan items <br />• Advise the Council through <br />Work Plan “Charges” <br />• Hold hearings as directed by <br />Council <br />• Assist as directed in work plan <br />with engagement efforts <br /> <br />Respectful Behavior <br />Members should STRIVE TO: <br />• Treat people with courtesy, politeness, and kindness <br />• Encourage others to express their opinions and ideas <br />• Listen to what others have to say <br />• Use the ideas of others to improve decisions and outcomes <br />• Recognize and respect differences <br />• Prepare for the issues at hand <br />• Focus on the business of the body <br />• Consider only legally germane information in decisions <br />• Act as a decision maker, not an advocate <br />Members should AVOID: <br />• Speaking over or cutting off another individual’s <br />comments <br />• Insulting, disparaging, or putting down people <br />or their ideas <br />• Bullying other members by displaying a pattern <br />of belittling, demeaning, judging or patronizing <br />comments <br />• Violence or the threat of violence will not be <br />tolerated <br /> <br />Working with Staff <br />Members shall respect and adhere to the Council-Manager (Plan B) structure of Edina city government as <br />outlined in MN Statute 412. This means: <br /> <br />City Council does… City Council does not… <br />• Hire, fire, and supervise City Manager <br />• Set the strategic direction for the City <br />• Consider and approve budget and related work plan, and <br />monitor performance relative to those items <br />• Consider and approve policy decisions <br />• Consider and approve development proposals <br />• Consider and approve variances and rezoning requests <br />• Appoint citizens to citizen advisory boards and commissions <br />• Approve and amend work plans and bylaws <br />• Hire and fire staff <br />• Direct the activities of staff, other than the <br />City Manager <br />• Individually direct the activities of boards, <br />commissions or other resident groups <br />• Individually approve policies, projects etc. <br />• Individually commit City resources or staff <br />to specific causes <br />• Individually enforce policies, City Code, etc. <br />• Individually speak or prepare official <br />correspondence on behalf of the City unless <br />authorized by the City Council. <br /> <br />City Council <br />CommissionsStaff <br />Manage Operations, Advise Council <br />(technical analysis & evaluation) & Implement Policy Advise Council <br />(community needs & values) <br />Decide Strategy <br />53