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<br />From these practical goals, four strategic directions were identified to help achieve this vision: <br />1. Enhancing and Empowering the Community <br />2. Creating Operational Efficiency <br />3. Maximize the City’s Assets to Catalyze Development <br />4. Mandating Action and Accountability <br />These strategic directions have been utilized by City staff throughout the budgeting process to <br />guide them in creating this budget. <br />The following new initiatives and priorities from the Strategic Plan are included in the 2022 <br />General Fund Preliminary Budget: <br />Enhancing Identity and Empowering Community <br />• Possible translation of the City newsletter available on the City website into another <br />language other than the English and Spanish translations that are already available <br />• Establish criteria and method to get youth involved <br />Creating Operational Efficiency <br />• Increase PT Accountant hours from 26 to 32 hours per week <br />• Increase PT Recreation Coordinator hours from 34 to 40 hours per week <br />• Restructure and reallocate hours for public works staff in the streets, parks, water, and <br />sewer departments <br />• Complete position and compensation study and begin implementation of study results <br />Maximize the City’s Assets to Catalyze Development <br />• Continue implementation of economic development TIF District for Spruce & Owasso <br />Mandating Action and Accountability <br />• Update Strategic Plan in 1st Quarter 2022 <br /> <br />A new strategic plan is proposed to be completed in 2022 and is included in the 2022 Operating <br />Budget. <br />Budget Initiatives <br />The 2022 Operating Budget has been prepared after analyzing requests from the various <br />departments, and represents the financial support needed for operations of the City of Little <br />Canada for the upcoming fiscal year. Revenue estimates are based on historical trends and are <br />projected conservatively. <br />The City of Little Canada provides a wide range of services to the community, including police <br />and fire protection, street and park maintenance, snow and ice removal, water and sewer utility <br />services, recreational opportunities, and administrative, inspection, and planning services. Police <br />services are provided by the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Department and demand the largest share <br />of our resources at 41% of the total General Fund budget. More details are provided under the <br />Expenditures section of this memo under Contractual Services. <br />3