The Strategic Action Plan helps guide city staff when considering line items in the city budget and planning long-term projects that need to be accomplished in the near future.
About the project
Assistant City Manager Jim Williams told City Council on April 17 that when the plan was established in 2019, it highlighted five pillars or categories of city priorities, including:
- Financial resilience and responsibility
- Reliable and sustainable infrastructure
- Public health and safety
- Responsible growth management
- Operational excellence
Challenges such as COVID-19, Winter Storm Uri, inflation and global chip shortages have changed processes, costs and ideologies in the planning process.
Accomplishments in the last five years include the city passing a bond for capital improvement projects, the implementation of a new drought contingency plan, expansion of public health services, and updates to city infrastructure both physically and digitally.
What they’re saying
Council member Laura Koerner was on City Council at the time of the 2019 plan being formed and highlighted the accomplishments the city has made since the plan's inception.
“I was part of the group that created each of these pillars, and to imagine that in the five years since then, we would be so accomplished that we were able to get this all done,” Koerner said.
Koerner explained that city staff use the plan to help structure agenda items for City Council to consider, which leads to the city being more intentional and efficient.
While the City Council did not take action on the plan for the next fiscal year, it is planned to be brought back during a May meeting.
The agenda item in May will focus on projects to be completed within fiscal year 2025-26, and staff will begin work on a new five year plan for FY 2026-27 and beyond.
