Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Strategic Planning topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
City administrator outlines strategic planning timeline and SMART-goals approach ahead of June budget
Summary
City Administrator Jimmy told the council the strategic-plan and budget timetable will culminate in a June budget adoption; he emphasized measurable SMART goals, public engagement and follow-up workshops to convert ideas into budgeted work plans.
City Administrator Jimmy framed the strategic planning workshop as the start of a multi-week process that will feed the city’s budget adoption in early June, and urged council members to focus on “the what” while staff later brings back the “how.”
Jimmy told the council the city’s goal is to adopt its budget on June 2 to meet the legal requirement to have a budget in place by June 30. He described three elements of strategic planning: setting goals (what the council wants to achieve), policy direction/allocation of resources (the budget decisions council will make) and implementation and monitoring (staff work plans and performance metrics).
The administrator encouraged the council to frame goals as SMART — specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time‑based — and to set measurable outcomes tied to timelines. He cited examples such as specifying the location and cost of a new pickleball court and assigning a target completion date. Jimmy said staff will provide background materials, community-survey results, board-and-commission inputs and a work plan inventory so the council can prioritize during the budget process.
The workshop schedule includes additional council workshops and community budget meetings; staff listed a tentative timeline that would see draft proposals and a recommended budget released to the council in May, followed by budget hearings and adoption in June. Jimmy said staff will return with more detailed program, cost and staffing proposals based on council direction at the workshop.
No formal policy or budget decisions were made at the workshop; council direction will be converted into draft budget options for future council workshops and hearings.
