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Gig Harbor council retreats on strategic priorities, asks staff to rework ranked list
Summary
At a Feb. 28 council retreat, members debated whether to keep numeric rankings in the city strategic plan and asked staff to propose a simpler layout that separates foundational (ongoing) priorities from shorter-term action priorities.
Gig Harbor — City council members spent a large portion of their Feb. 28 retreat reviewing the council’s strategic plan and whether the list of priorities should remain ranked. After more than an hour of discussion, members asked staff to prepare a revised format that treats core, ongoing functions as “foundational” and lists other priorities without strict numerical ordering.
The mayor opened the session by reminding council to focus on strategy rather than tactics, and to keep the day’s work at a high-level so staff can later develop the tactics. Council members revisited a six-item priorities list adopted during the last plan update: (1) fostering a healthy city…
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