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MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 13, 2024
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
FROM: Amani Chamberlin, Assistant City Clerk
RE: Leadership Planning Team (LPT) Meeting
Mayor Jeni Arndt, Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis, City Manager Kelly DiMartino, Deputy City Manager
Tyler Marr, City Attorney Carrie Daggett, and Assistant City Clerk Amani Chamberlin met remotely via
Microsoft Teams on Monday, May 13, 2024. The following summarizes the discussions that began at
8:02 a.m.
May 14, 2024 Work Session:
• The published agenda was reviewed.
• There are two items on discussion.
• Item #1, Council Priorities is anticipated to be an extended discussion to allow appropriate time to get
through each section. After each priority is discussed, there will be time for feedback and questions
for that priority.
May 21, 2024 Regular Meeting:
• The draft regular meeting agenda was reviewed.
• There are 16 items: 8 Second Readings, 5 First Readings, 1 Public Hearing, and 3 Resolutions as
well as an Executive Session to conduct Mid-Year Reviews of Council’s Direct Reports.
• Item #1, Second Reading of Ordinance No. 058, 2024, Making Supplemental Appropriation of the
2050 Tax for Various Programs and Services Related to Parks, Recreation, Transit and Our Climate
Future will likely be pulled off Consent.
• Executive session to be held for Mid-Year Reviews of direct reports. The order of reviews will follow
the rotation established and be Chief Judge, City Manager, City Attorney, and each will be allotted
an hour for their review.
May 21, 2024 Electric Utility Enterprise (EUE) Board Meeting:
• The draft agenda was reviewed.
• There are two First Readings.
• Discussion of where to place this meeting in the broader Council meeting indicated that it should
occur prior to heading into Executive Session for the mid-year reviews.
Leadership Planning Team Meeting
May 13, 2024
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Six-Month Calendar:
• Discussion about the potential need for a Work Session to discuss upcoming proposals for Election
Code changes. It was stated that a memo would suffice based on the nature of the changes. It was
also noted that there is still another Election Code Committee meeting to be held prior to Councils’
initial consideration of any changes.
Assistant City Clerk Amani Chamberlin
• No additional items.
City Manager Kelly DiMartino
• Working with a customer service consultant called BlastX. They are Interested in interviewing
Councilmembers. Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem have volunteered to interview. If other Councilmembers
have interest in being interviewed, they are encouraged to reach out to Sarah Kane to schedule time.
• Was invited to Barcelona, Spain by the Cities Fortifying Democracy project in June and is looking
forward to the opportunity to represent Fort Collins.
City Attorney Carrie Daggett
• Great visit to Iowa for Mother’s Day, flies back this afternoon and will be in office tomorrow.
Deputy City Manager Tyler Marr
• Noted that he and Police Chief Swoboda had a productive set of meetings in Philadelphia last week
with the Downtown Development Authority (DDA), Visit Fort Collins, Colorado State University (CSU),
and the Bohemian Foundation related to nighttime economy work and supporting local creatives.
Lessons learned will be valuable as related to conversations updating the noise ordinance and other
downtown programming items continue.
Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis
• No additional items.
Mayor Jeni Arndt
• Referred to the German Marshall Fund, noted the importance of attending events that are both large
and small.
• Went to CoMotion conference last week was good meeting among different sectors related to the
transportation industry. Noted she and the Mayor of Miami were the two mayors invited to attend.
• Noted she met with School Board President Draper last week to continue discussions related to the
school consolidation topic.
Meeting adjourned at 8:46 a.m.