Commissioners agree on mission statement, trim vision wording for strategic plan

The Pueblo County Board of County Commissioners reached consensus on a revised mission statement and agreed to narrow the vision wording during a work‑session discussion of a strategic plan framework.

County staff opened a discussion of draft mission and vision language and shared optional wording submitted by Commissioner Pablo McPheeeters and others. Commissioners debated words such as "sustainable," "resilient," "prosperous," "empowering," and "accountability," and discussed the importance of measurable outcomes and a project checklist or dashboard that departments could use to report progress.

Commissioner Miles Lucero said he preferred wording that included "prosperous" and suggested the board could be "a model" without the pressure of being explicitly labeled a "national" model. Commissioners agreed to remove the word "national" from Lucero's suggested vision language. The board asked staff to prepare value statements and to structure strategic goals and initiatives so that departments and elected offices can map projects to the mission and measure progress. County staff said value statements would follow and recommended keeping three to five values.

The transcript records consensus rather than a formal roll‑call vote. Staff indicated the next steps: finalize the agreed mission statement, draft value statements, and build a dashboard or tracking approach so commissioners can measure progress on projects tied to the mission and vision.