HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 7589RESOLUTION N0.7589
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY COUNCIL'S IDENTIFIED GOALS
AND PRIORITIES FOR 2010
WHEREAS, the City Council together with department heads held a management
and planning retreat on February 12, 2010 at the Random Park building; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed and discussed the many issues and
challenges presently faced by the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council identified and ranked their most important goals and
priorities for 2010, with said goals and priorities stated in Exhibit A, attached hereto.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Mounds View City Council does
hereby approve the attached goals and priorities for 2010.
Adopted this 8th day of March, 2010.
e Flah ayor
ATTEST:
James Ericson, Clerk -Administrator
(seal)
MOUrms ViEw
2 010 Goals and Prioritie s
On February 12, 2010, the City Council and Department Heads held a strategic
planning and goal setting retreat at Random Park. After reviewing the goals set by
the City in 2008 and reapproved in 2009, the Council identified a new set of goals
and priorities which are as follows:
o Address Immediate Budget Constraints and Achieve Budget Sustainability
o Enhance City Revenue Streams
o Focus on County Highway 10 Development and Redevelopment
o Continue implementing the Street and Utility Improvement Program
o Continue Emphasis on Code Enforcement Throughout the City
o Ensure Long-Term Municipal I-net Backbone Connectivity
o Continue Focus on Issues Relating to Home Foreclosures and Vacancies
o Assess and Improve Community Center Operations
o Continue to Encourage Public Participation and Improve Communications
These goals and priorities represent a combination of both short and long term
issues and serve as a framework and guide for future actions by the City Council.
The highest priority identified by the Council relates to the budget and dealing
with the unplanned additional unallotment of intergovernmental aid. With the
prospect of such aid unlikely in subsequent years, the City Council will need to
develop a budget that is affordable, reasonable and sustainable over the long-term;
sheltered from future state budget deficiencies. To achieve these goals, the City
will need to explore opportunities for enhanced revenues, encourage additional
development and redevelopment, continue working on the street and utility
reconstruction program and maintain its emphasis on code enforcement activity.
The City needs to do all these while providing the core public services to the
residents and property owners they expect and depend upon.