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Lancaster County staff gives quarterly strategic-plan update to council
Summary
County staff presented a quarterly update on the county strategic plan, outlining targets and progress on public safety, infrastructure, quality development, grants management and IT inventory work. Council members asked for more timeline detail on road- and utility-funding recommendations and for analysis of impact-fee exceptions.
Good evening, vice chairman and members of council, I will be going through a quarterly update of the strategic plan, said Stephanie Snouten, a county staff member, as she opened the presentation.
Snouten told the Lancaster County Council that the county’s strategic plan centers on five themes — public safety, infrastructure, quality development, resource optimization and high performance — and reviewed a set of objectives and target dates to align staffing, capital projects and grant activity with projected growth. “Our vision is the county being a network of thriving communities offering the highest quality of life in the Carolinas,” Snouten said.
The presentation summarized several ongoing efforts the county said support those goals: construction of a new detention facility, a coroner’s office and a sheriff’s evidence-storage facility; enhancements to 911, fire infrastructure and equipment; and distribution of premium COVID-19 pay. On public-safety planning, Snouten said the county intends to…
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