REQUEST FOR DIRECTION
DATE: March 4, 2019 Report No. ADM-19-007
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
SUBJECT:
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Draft Strategic Plan 2019 - 2023
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ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
Does the Committee wish to provide any additional information on the Draft Strategic Plan 2019 - 2023 and is the Committee in agreement with the proposed input process?
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That the COTW receive Staff Report No. ADM-19-007 for information, provide any additional direction to staff as the COTW considers advisable, and direct staff to prepare a report for Council’s consideration.
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BACKGROUND:
The Mayor and members of Council met November 30 and December 1, 2018 and January 12, 2019 to develop and identify key strategic priorities and goals to be undertaken during the term of Council 2019 - 2023. The Chief Administrative Officer and senior staff attended to offer support and to provide research and advice to help Council in their decision making process. The sessions were facilitated by Stacey Holloway. The draft Strategic Priorities and Goals are attached in a list format for your information (Schedule 1).
In addition to the development of strategic priorities and goals, Mayor and Council reviewed and updated the Vision, Mission and Core Values. These are attached for your information (Schedule 2).
The CAO and senior leadership group used the draft strategic priorities and goals in a separate workshop to update and develop operational strategies and work plans to support the direction set by Council. The operational strategies were developed with consideration to capacity and resource requirements and may change slightly prior to finalization as they are dependent on resources allocated during upcoming budget discussions. Attached are two documents detailing the updates to strategic plan information. The first document provides all updating in red so that you may follow the changes (Schedule 3) from the previous term and the second document provides a clean copy for ease of reference (Schedule 4).
ISSUES:
Once Council has given any additional direction and approved the draft strategies in principle, the documents will be distributed to all Advisory Committees for comment and input. In addition, the documents will be posted to the Township website for general public comment and input.
Staff will prepare a report for consideration at the April 15, 2019 regular meeting of Council. The report will summarize all input received and will include recommendations for any updates based on the input.
Once Council has adopted the Strategic Plan 2019- 2023, staff will finalize a more polished document similar to that attached for 2015 - 2019 (Schedule 5). Staff will report back to Council on a regular basis through Staff Period Reports to demonstrate the progress on various initiatives.
ALTERNATIVES:
1. That the COTW receive Staff Report No. ADM-19-007 for information, provide any additional direction to staff as the COTW considers advisable, and direct staff to prepare a report for Council’s consideration.
2. That the COTW provide alternative direction to staff.
3. That the COTW request further information from staff.