Strategic planning is an ongoing process, as city staff constantly look to Council’s policy direction to guide their day-to-day activities. It also benefits Council’s own decision making by providing structure and promoting consistency, serving as the essential link between individual decisions and our identified, broader objectives.
This year, the City Manager moved up on the schedule the professionally facilitated planning sessions typically associated with the start of budget season. Her purpose: for Council to build upon and flesh out the Strategic Focus Areas we adopted last year, and to develop specific goals, strategies and tasks that will help staff put Council’s policy direction into action.
This year, the City Manager moved up on the schedule the professionally facilitated planning sessions typically associated with the start of budget season. Her purpose: for Council to build upon and flesh out the Strategic Focus Areas we adopted last year, and to develop specific goals, strategies and tasks that will help staff put Council’s policy direction into action.
