HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Meeting - Council Workshop - Minutes - 12/12/2017Kent City Council Workshop
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5 p.m.
Council Chambers East/West
Bill Boyce, Council President
Jim Berrios, Councilmember
Tina Budell, Councilmember
Brenda Fincher, Councilmember
Dennis Higgins, Councilmember
Dana Ralph, Councilmember
Les Thomas, Councilmember
Council President Boyce opened the meeting at 5:04 p.m.
Agenda:
"Advance Kent" Government Performance Update
Derek Matheson, Chief Administrative Officer, Marty Fisher, Human Resources
Director, and Todd Babcock, Human Resources Performance Analyst, provided the
Council with information regarding "Advance Kent," the government performance
program.
Advance Kent is Kent's ongoing, branded program to create an exciting, consistent,
seamless approach to citywide performance management, continuous improvement
and innovation efforts.
Marty provided a brief review of what has been done in the past and what the plan
is for moving forward, attributes of an innovative organization, and best practices.
Kent's Advance Kent roadmap includes:
1. Innovative Culture
2. Strategy Deployment
3. Process Improvement Tools
4. Measuring Success
Todd Babcock provided information regarding the Lean program. The core idea of
Lean is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste.
Todd reviewed early successes of city departments that included examples from the
three levels of projects, including 1) Just Do It projects that are done by teams, 2)
Rapid Improvement Events that may involve multiple divisions, and 3) Projects that
may involve outside stakeholders,
Catherine Crook, Geographic Information Systems Supervisor, provided the Council
with the positive results from her recent Lean project to understand and streamline
the as-built process.
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Kent City Council Workshop
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Kent, Washington
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Derek Matheson reviewed next steps:. Advance Kent Implementationo Revisit City strategic Aoals and vision. Hold an Innovation FaÍr. Map department actívities to City Goals. Develop performance measures. Develop a reporting dashboard. Leaders model the way
Derek, Marty, and Todd responded to the Council's questions and concerns.
The meeting concluded at 6:09 p.m.
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City Clerk
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