REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: February 14, 2018 Report No. ADM-18-007
TO: Mayor and Council
FROM: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
SUBJECT:
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Update of Strategic Priorities and Operational Strategies for 2018
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council approve the updated Strategic Priorities 2015 - 2019 and Operational Strategies as presented in Staff Report ADM-18-007.
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RELEVANT POLICY:
The updated Strategic Priorities will be referenced as relevant policy in staff reports going forward.
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
To set Council's strategic priorities as of January 2018 and support those priorities with operational strategies updated by staff.
BACKGROUND:
In January, 2015, Council held facilitated strategic planning workshops and developed Strategic Priorities for 2015 - 2019. In January of each subsequent year, Council holds a workshop to review and update the Strategic Priorities chart. Staff utilize the updated Strategic Priorities and direction provided from the Council discussion at their workshop to then develop Operational Strategies.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
At the January workshop, Council discussion was to update the strategic priorities to reflect an additional focus on housing. As such, 'Support community growth and development consistent with our Official Community Plan' has been changed to 'Support community growth, housing and development consistent with our Official Community Plan'.
In addition to this update, staff would like to suggest an addition to the strategic priorities. It became apparent while updating operational strategies with senior staff that it would be useful to have a strategic priority to reflect our ongoing focus on public safety. It is the staff recommendation that the strategic priority 'Proactively address emerging trends in public safety' be added under 'We continue to enhance the health and liveability of the community'. Attached is the Strategic Priorities 2015 ...
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