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Meeting Date: September 9, 2019
To: City Council
Through: City Manager Scott Meszaros
From: Holly Wells, City Attorney
Agenda Item: 2019-015: Methods of Council Action Revised
Introduction
Seward City Council includes an Agenda Statement with each City Council regular
meeting agenda item to ensure that the public has knowledge of the background and the intent of
the legislative actions before Council at regular meetings. Included within the statement is a
"Consistency Checklist" to ensure that all proposed ordinances and resolutions comply with the
governing documents of the City.
While the Agenda Statement for Ordinance 2019-015 confirmed the Ordinance was
consistent with the Seward Comprehensive Plan and its Strategic Plan, it did not identify specific
"document sources" on which the confirmation was based. Accordingly, this Agenda Statement
Supplement identifies specific "document sources."
Seward Comprehensive Plan and Strategic Plan Sources
2030 Seward Comprehensive Plan Section 2.2.8, which states the City of Seward
"value[s] an open, responsive city government based on a high level of citizen input and
community involvement." (See 2030 Seward Comprehensive Plan, Vol. 1, p. I-9). Section 2.2.8
of the Comprehensive Plan also requires the City to "[c]ontinue to review and update the city
code." Similarly, the Seward Strategic Plan "Mission Statement," states, in part, that the
"mission of the City of Seward government is to provide quality leadership..." and "operate
efficiently." The Strategic Plan lists as an objective: "[m]ake every effort to involve the entire
community in decision making processes." of the Strategic Plan, which requires the City to
"make every effort to involve the entire community in the decision-making process."
This supplement statement was reviewed by the City Attorney.
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