Bloomington City Council retreat to focus on goals and self-improvement

Posted on September 11, 2015
Bloomington City Hall
(Joe Ragusa/WJBC)

By Joe Ragusa

BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington City Council will hold a retreat Saturday at the Den at Fox Creek golf course.

City Manager David Hales said the first part of the day-long will be about self-evaluation for the council.

“The morning session, they’ll be in closed session to continue that discussion of self-evaluation,” Hales said. “How they can self improve not only each and every one (council member) but as a group.”

The rest of the day, which will be in open session, will focus on the council’s creation of goals and priorities. A public comment period is scheduled for 8 a.m. prior to the closed session.

No action will be taken.

Joe Ragusa can be reached at [email protected].

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