REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: January 17, 2022 Report No. ADM-22-006
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
SUBJECT:
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Update of Strategic Priorities and Operational Strategies 2022
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approve the updated Strategic Priorities 2019-2023 and Operational Strategies as presented in Staff Report ADM-22-006.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
The updated Strategic Priorities and Operational Strategies will be referenced in staff reports going forward throughout the year.
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
To set Council's strategic priorities as of January 2022 and support those priorities with operational strategies updated by staff.
BACKGROUND:
In November and December of 2018, after the municipal election, Mayor and Council met to develop and identify key strategic priorities and objectives to be undertaken during the term. The draft documents from these meetings were then discussed at Committee of the Whole and distributed for public input. Council considered public input, gave direction for staff to incorporate specific input and then adopted the objectives and strategies in May 2019.
Each subsequent year, Mayor and Council meet to review and confirm that the priorities and objectives remain relevant. This meeting occurred December 7, 2021 for the current year.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
While the strategic priorities and objectives are meant to cover the entire length of the Council term, they are reviewed each year and operational strategies are then updated and reflected in staff work plans. Based on the confirmation from Council that priorities and objectives remain relevant, staff have updated the operational strategies document to appropriately reflect those items achievable with current resources.
Attached for ease of reference are the operational strategies in list format with areas of change highlighted (Attachment No. 1) and a clean copy of the operational strategi...
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