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CITY MANAGER’S REPORT June 9, 2020 PROPOSED FY21 CITY COUNCIL GOALS A work session on July 6, 2020, has been scheduled for the City Council to review the staff proposed Fiscal Year 2021 City Council Goals. I have included the list of proposed goals with this report and more detailed information is available upon request. COVID-19 PANDEMC UPDATE As of the date of this report, Flathead County has not reported a new case of COVID-19 since the last positive case on April 14th. While reassuring, we must continue to be vigilant in our efforts to prevent the spread in our community as the State reopens and visitors return. The City and Whitefish Convention and Visitors Bureau continue to work together to provide responsible messaging and marketing. Our new website asking citizens and visitors to support us staying Clean, Careful, and Connected is now live! For more information visit the new site at www.WhitefishCovidCares.com. We have provided a link to this site at the top of our city’s website and will be hanging a banner above Hwy 93 on Spokane Avenue soon. I am continuing to work with the Flathead Community Health Center to setup a testing site for voluntary surveillance testing of employees in Whitefish. The Whitefish School District has agreed to allow us to use the Whitefish High School’s parking lot starting June 15th for most of the summer. As the program is finalized, we will be providing information to the public. While many event organizers are canceling events throughout Montana, the City anticipates certain special events to continue this summer. As directed by the Governor, the City will require all special event organizers to work with the Flathead City-County Health Department to ensure their event has put into place all safety measures to meet the Governor’s guidelines for Phase Two prior to the City’s approval. The Health Department has noted that the turn-around for event reviews is about three days. With the unknown duration of Phase Two, the need for certain meetings to resume to efficiently and effectively move projects forward, and the ability to physically distance participants in our larger spaces, starting Monday, June 8, 2020 all committees and boards may now elect to meet during Phase Two in person. Physical distancing must be maintained, and a quorum of members must available and willing to meet. Remote meetings will no longer be utilized for public meetings. WHITEFISH FIRE SERVICE AREA On June 3, 2020, Fire Chief Page, City Councilor Sweeney, and I met with two members of the Whitefish Fire Service Area (WFSA) Board and Commissioner Mitchell to discuss our contract and the possibility of future negotiations. We provided clarification about our intentions and responded to questions about the City’s budget used to prepare our initial offer. The WFSA Board plans to meet and decide if they will continue contracting with the City for fire services at their next meeting on June 16, 2020. I was encouraged by our discussions and anticipate that we will meet with them the following evening to begin negotiations. ---PAGE BREAK--- REMINDERS AND OTHER INFORMATION City Hall will be closed on July 3, 2020, in observation of Independence Day. NEXT COUNCIL MEETING The next City Council meeting will be held on Monday, July 6th, in the City Council Chambers. The work session will begin at 5:00 p.m. for the City Council to review goals for Fiscal Year 2021. Respectfully submitted, Dana M. Smith, CPA City Manager