What Ann Arbor City Council members expect of each other and the mayor ended up being the primary discussion item at yesterday's planning session. Council members created a long list of expectations with most of the issues easily gaining support.
Julia Novak of the Novak Consulting Group was the meeting facilitator. Novak says a couple of other expectations took more discussion before all council members would agree to them. She says this includes sharing information and efforts to make council meetings shorter.
City staff updated council on progress that has been made over the last 12 months on priorities identified at last year's planning session. Council kept these priorities and tentatively produced new areas of focus for next year, including working on unfunded liabilities, increasing traffic enforcement, promoting work force housing, and efforts to alleviate homelessness.