City Council Announcements
February 7, 2012
F. 2:50:59 PM Information Needed by Council Staff
8. Follow-up information regarding Newsletters for Public Utilities Mailing
Here is a review of Council District newsletters that were sent in 2011:
•February: Districts 2, 4, and 6
•August: Districts 1 and 5
•December: District 7
Council District 3 did not utilize the Public Utilities mailing for 2011
At the beginning of each calendar year, the Public Utilities Department identifies available months for Council Members to include a Council District newsletter insert as part of the Public Utilities mailing. Available months are:
•March (Council Member LaMalfa expressed interest in this month last week)
Council Members Love, and Garrott are available but not asking.
•November Council Members Penfold, Luke and Simonsen
•December (Limited to an 8.5x11 size newsletter)
Councilmember Christensen
Please let Council staff know if you are interested in utilizing the Public Utilities mailing for a newsletter and the month you wish to publish a newsletter. For Council Members interested in March, Council staff would need to complete the newsletters by the end of February to meet the Public Utilities mailing date.
The Public Utilities Department prefers to keep the number of District newsletters to a maximum of three for each month. This equates to nine available mailings for the year. If each Council Member took the opportunity to send out a newsletter, two slots would remain.
How would the Council like to utilize the two extra slots?
9. At the Council’s retreat the Council indicated a desire to send formal communication to the Administration regarding the Council’s priorities for the upcoming FY 2013 budget. The Administration will start putting the FY 2013 budget together shortly, so the Chair and Vice Chair would like to send this communication by the end of February. Staff will come prepared for the work session on the 14th with general language based on the Council’s priority/focus areas identified at the retreat. If Council Members would like to include any specific items in this communication, please come prepared with these items for the February 14th work session. They can then be discussed for inclusion in this communication.