Dayton council frames 10‑year strategic goals, prioritizing water, roads, facilities, housing and business growth

Dayton City Council met in a goal‑setting session to identify long‑term priorities and near‑term actions staff should pursue for 2025 and beyond. Staff opened the session saying the purpose was to move from lists of short tasks toward a small set of long‑range strategic initiatives that staff could implement through annual action items and performance indicators.

The council broadly agreed to retain the four strategic initiatives on the template staff provided, with one wording change: councilors favored “build and maintain quality infrastructure” instead of just “build.” Staff described a structure for each initiative with a long‑term goal (roughly 10–25 years), measurable targets and one‑ to two‑year action items to be updated annually.

Water and historic‑village supply: Councilors singled out ensuring a safe, reliable water supply as a top long‑term goal. Staff proposed using water‑quality measures rather than resident complaint counts as the key outcome indicator; councilors agreed the indicator should be meeting primary and secondary…