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Commissioner Solari echoed Commissioner O'Bryan and conveyed that if the Press spent <br />more time looking for optimistic things, they would find more optimistic things. <br />Commissioner Flescher believed the goal of a positive relationship with the Press could <br />be accomplished if the facilitation of information is truthful and at its best. He suggested <br />someone within staff be designated as the point of contact to ensure the correct information is <br />released to the media. <br />(9) Conduct a Comprehensive Survey of Citizens to Evaluate Priorities for Spending <br />Levels <br />Commissioner O'Bryan announced that with the upcoming budget struggles, he would <br />like to receive more feedback from the public, regarding spending priorities. He spoke about <br />Charlotte County's visioning process and their citizen surveys regarding spending. Although he <br />indicated that he did not want a formal survey conducted, he.would prefer more formal input <br />from the community regarding where they think the County should spend the money, and the <br />services they consider most important. He felt it would be beneficial to add more Budget <br />Workshops earlier in the budget process. <br />Commissioner Davis believed Commissioner O'Bryan was right on pomt, and thought <br />that most of the citizen's consensus would probably be health, safety and welfare issues. <br />2.B. COMMISSIONER BOB SOLARI <br />Commissioner Solari presented his short term goals for 2009 as follows (copy on file): <br />8 <br />February 5, 2009 <br />Workshop — Goals for 2009 <br />1( 136 PG 749 <br />• <br />• <br />• <br />