Laserfiche WebLink
INTRODUCTION TO THIS REPORT <br />The Strategic Planning Session was held with the Council on May 9, 2009. The purpose of the meeting <br />was for the Council to come together and participate in a strategic planning and goal setting session. <br />The main Goals of this Strategic Planning Session were to: <br />➢ Discuss the City's Core Culture and Value Proposition. <br />➢ To develop a Strategic Profile that includes a Mission Statement, Vision Statement and list of City <br />Values that can help guide the City through future decisions. <br />➢ Review the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Treats (SWOT) facing the City. <br />➢ Identify Key Goals and supporting objectives with possible Action Steps for the City to focus on <br />for the next twelve to eighteen months. <br />DESIRED OUTCOMES FROM THIS STRATEGY SESSION <br />The following are topics the Council stated they would like included in the discussions if there was time. <br />• We need to have a discussion about the Economic Crisis: <br />• What are we comfortable cutting as a Council? <br />• What do we value? <br />We need to talk about the Comprehensive Plan. <br />How we interact as a team around tough decisions could benefit some of our time. <br />Now that the City Administrator has left, we might need to work on how we connect and work with <br />staff. <br />We should talk for search for characteristics of what we want in a City Administrator. <br />We need to talk about how we spend money. We tend to spend what we take in and that needs <br />to change. We need to justify budget issues. <br />We need a strategy to deal with tough issues. We need to act respectfully as we come to a <br />conclusion. <br />2 <br />