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Royal Palm Beach holds midterm strategic-plan review; manager reports staffing, events and school engagement progress
Summary
Village Manager Ray Liggins updated the council on midyear progress against the village's strategic plan, noting adoption of a competitive compensation package, a balanced budget without tax increases, a youth civic leadership program and details on event costs and communications improvements.
The Village of Royal Palm Beach conducted a midterm review of its multi-year strategic plan at the Oct. 16 council meeting, with Village Manager Ray Liggins detailing accomplishments and next steps on personnel, budgets, public outreach and community events.
Liggins told the council that a competitive compensation and preferred-employee package, including a cost-of-living adjustment, was included in the fiscal-year budget adopted after public hearings in September; those pay changes took effect Oct. 1. He said the council's priority to prepare a balanced budget without a tax increase was met and that reserves have been used primarily for capital projects rather than operating expenses.
On civic engagement, the manager described a new youth civic leadership program launched with Royal Palm Beach High School: 37 students enrolled in a program that…
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