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Issaquah reports improved performance metrics but several targets still unmet
Summary
The city’s 2024 citywide performance measures show improvement across most strategic-goal areas; the administration recommends continued emphasis on mobility, landfill diversion, equitable hiring and resident perceptions, and will begin adding updated measures from the strategic‑plan revision in 2025.
Dale Markey Crimp, assistant to the city administrator, presented the City of Issaquah’s 2024 citywide performance measures to the council on May 13 and said the dashboard now reports 2024 data and some 2025 survey data.
The performance-measurement program (adopted in 2020) tracks outputs, program outcomes and community perception measures across six strategic goal areas. Crimp said 75% of measures that have targets were “approaching, meeting or exceeding those targets in 2024.” He described that as the strongest overall performance since the program began but noted 14 targets were still not met in 2024.
Why it matters: The dashboard is used for transparency and to guide budget and policy decisions. The administration and council will use the measures, together with the community survey, to prioritize resources at the July retreat.
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