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Report: Strategic Plan for the Public Works Department
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Issue/Request:
Presentation of the Strategic Plan for the Public Works Department.
Key Issues:
The Public Works Department Strategic Plan has been completed and is presented to the City Council for information and public awareness. The Strategic Plan for the Public Works Department has an updated Mission and Vision along with three areas of focus supported by Goals and Strategies. The Focus Areas include:
• Community
• Culture
• Collaboration
There are 2 to 3 Goals within each Focus Area aligned with the City's Ignite! Strategic Plan; and also aligned with the City and Department Mission, Vision and Core Values. These Plan Goals individually have 2 to 7 Strategies and subsequent supporting Actions.
Background:
The Public Works Department has been working with Shockey Consulting the past 9 months on the creation of an updated department Strategic Plan. The last Strategic Plan for Public Works was completed in 2016, re-affirmed in 2020 for department re-accreditation with the American Public Works Association, having planning periods of 3-10 years. Most initiatives proposed in the previous Strategic Plan have been implemented and/or sustained. It was predominately employee, organizational and internal operating improvements for better service delivery focused (i.e. Culture oriented). The updated Strategic Plan for Public Works builds upon the past Strategic Plan(s), continues some initiatives and proposes new endeavors. The updated Public Works Strategic Plan expands the prior focus on Culture to include Community and Collaboration. There is an intentional alignment of the Public Works Strategic Plan with the City's Ignite! Strategic Plan and City's Mission, Vision and Core Values.
The department Mission and Vision were reviewed and updated in the Public Works Strategic Plan as well. The Mission of Public...
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