2024, 04-09 Special MeetingMINUTES
City of Spokane Valley
City Council Special Meeting
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Mayor Maley called the meeting to order at S p.m. The meeting was held in person by Council and
staff in Council Chambers, and also remotely via Zoom meeting.
Attendance:
Councilmembers
Staff
Pain Haley, Mayor
John Hohman, City Manager
Tim Hattenburg, Deputy Mayor
Erik Lamb, Deputy City Manager
Rod Higgins, Councilmember
Chelsie Taylor, Finance Director
Laura Padden, Councilmember
Gloria Mantz, City Services Administrator
Al Merkel, Councilmember
Kelly Konkright, City Attorney
Jessica Yaeger, Councilmember
Bill Helbig, Community & PW Director
Ben Wick, Councilmember
John Bottelli, Parks & Rec Director
John Whitehead, Human Resources Director
Tony Beattie, Sr. Deputy City Attorney
Jill Smith, Communications Manager
Mike Basinger, Economic Dev. Director
Dave Ellis, Police Chief
Justan Kinsel, IT Specialist
Marci Patterson, City Clerk
ROLL CALL: City Clerk Patterson called roll; all Councilmembers were present.
WELCOME: Mayor Haley opened the meeting with an introduction of Andrew Ballard with Marketing
Solutions as our facilitator for the Strategic Planning meeting. Mr. Ballard opened with a review of the
agenda for the evening and a brief overview of the previous Strategic Planning meeting held on February
13, 2024.
COUNCIL 2026 PRIORITY GOALS: Mr. Ballard reviewed the procedures for the 4-step process to get
to the councils 2026 priority goals. He stated that each councilmember will be allowed three opportunities
for brainstorming a topic to add to the board. There are 21 openings for the brainstorming in order to get to
the goal concepts. Mr. Ballard reviewed the previous SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats) report from the previous meeting. Councilmembers brainstormed a variety of topics. Once 21
brainstorming ideas were listed, council then consolidated some of the ideas on the list and prioritized each
goal.
Mr. Ballard called for a recess at 6:10 p.m.; she reconvened the meeting at 6:25 p.m.
The final component of the process was to frame up the top five council goals. Council discussed the goals
they had initially outlined and narrowed the scope down to ultimately achieve the five goals.
1. Increase public safety response to ensure everyone feels safe in Spokane Valley.
2. Expand homeownership opportunities so more local people own homes.
3. Continue economic development efforts to maximize business growth.
4. Maintain our strong financial position.
5. Utilize strategic partnerships to aggressively reduce and prevent Spokane Valley homelessness
Once the goals were achieved, Mr. Ballard stated that the goals were very well stated and would be
something the city could use to work with. I-Ie provided closing remarks and Mayor Haley thanked Mr.
Ballard for his time and assistance with the workshop.
Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session: 0 1- 17-2024 Page 1 of 2
Approved by Council: 04-09-2024
It was moved by MoYor Raley, seconded crud unonhnous4y qgreed to odiourn, The meetilig adjounlect at
7:27 p,ni.
ATTEST:
Parn Haley, Mayb�
Marcil"'atterson, City Clerk
Council Meeting Minutes, Study Session: 01-17-2024 Page 2 of'2
Approved by CounciL 04-09-2024