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From:Carter,Andrew
Sent:Monday/December 13,2010 12:25 AM
To:CounciLALL
Cc:Lichtig/Katie;Canol Elaina;Dietrick/Christine
Subject:Council Goal Setting Voting Methadology
At Tuesday's meeting,I plan to make the same recommendation I made in 2006 and in 2008.
Namely/that we use a different voting methodology than the 0 to 5 scale proposed.There are
two reasons:
1)The 0 to 5 scale provides an avenue for "extra impact"should a council member choose to use
it.All that council member has to do is to make copious use of the zero rating and no use of the
one and two ratings,so as to "free Up"points to be used to prOVide extra three/four,and five
ratings.This enables a council member to advance extra favorite goals into the "council
consensus"goals.In each of the last three Council goal settings (2005,2007,and 2009)/we've
seen individual council members choose this strategy.In 2009 for instance/the council member
who used this strategy was able to cast six #5 votes.No other council member,was able to cast
more than four #5 votes.
2)Most council members don't actually make use of all six rating options.In 2009 for instance/
four council members made use of four rating choices,none made use of five rating choices/
and one made use of all six rating choices.
Instead of using a 0 to 5 scale/I would recommend we do one of two things:
1)Use a 1 to 4 scale or a 1 to 5 scale.
2)Individually engage in a forced ranking of all candidate goals and then average those rankings
across the entire council.
Option 2 is the best way to make sure the "consensus"goals truly represent the council
consensus. A 1 to 4 scale or 1 to 5 scale can still be used for minor "extra impact.II
Andrew carter
Council Member
City of San Luis Obispo