TOWNSHIP COUNCIL
ANNUAL RETREAT
AGENDA
February 7, 2005 - 6:30 - 9:30PM

This agenda is for information only and may change prior to the actual meeting. Official copies may be obtained from the Clerk's Office.

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Roll Call

4. Financial Forecast (Marc Dashield)

5. Business Planning for the Township: Overview (Donna Vieiro) (7:30 p.m.)

6. What lines of business is the Township in? Should the Township be in/out? What are goals and priorities for these lines of business? Alignment of resources with goals/priorities and requirements of each line of business, in past, present, and future. In-house staff or contract out? How measure input, output, results, customer satisfaction for each line of business?

a. Recent new lines of business (e.g., open space, redevelopment, affordable housing, Hamilton Street)

b. Potential lines of business (e.g., garbage collection, public transportation)

c. Fractured lines of business (e.g., property maintenance, neighborhood nuisances, litter control)

d. Core businesses: public safety, public health, streets and roads, drainage, water distribution, parks and recreation, court, recycling, land use regulation, tax collection, property assessment, public records.

e. Affiliated lines of business: library, schools, sewerage, public housing.

7. Council roundtable on outlook for 2005. (8:30 p.m.)

8. Public Discussion (2 minutes per speaker – ½ hour maximum)

9. Adjournment