To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MIKE WITZANSKY, CITY MANAGER
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RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY UPDATES TO THE SIX-MONTH STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVES ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 8, 2022.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On January 25 and 27, 2022 the City Council held strategic planning sessions and prepared the City's current Strategic Plan. At these sessions, the City Council discussed recent accomplishments, completed a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis, identified three-year goals, and listed specific objectives for the next six-month period, which runs through July 27, 2022. The objectives were adopted at the February 8, 2022 City Council meeting. The City's strategic planning process also includes periodic updates on the status of the approved objectives to allow for progress monitoring. This report and the attached matrix serve as the fifth and final update on the current Strategic Plan. The development of the next Strategic Plan will take place over the course of two meetings scheduled for August 30 and September 1, 2022.
BACKGROUND
The City has been committed to a strategic planning process since 1998, a process that focuses staff resources on achievable policy goals and objectives set by the City Council. Virtual strategic planning sessions were conducted on January 25 and 27, 2022. Public input was received and considered at both sessions.
The three-year goals (2022-2025) established by Council are as follows (not in priority order):
* Modernize the City's Communication Systems
* Vitalize Core Commercial Areas of the City
* Increase Environmental Sustainability
* Invest in the City's Infrastructure
* Maintain a High Level of Public Safety
* Enhance the Delivery of City Services
The Council also listed and discussed six-month objectives that focus staff time and resources to help achieve the identified goals. On February 8, 2022, the City Council adopted the objectives after making minor modificati...
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