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McKinney staff outlines 84 department objectives to support FY26 strategic goals; resolution on consent agenda
Summary
City staff presented 84 department-level objectives aligned to six strategic initiatives for fiscal year 2026 and said a resolution to adopt them will appear on the meeting’s consent agenda.
Saima Ali, the city’s performance manager, told the McKinney City Council on May 20 that staff have developed 84 department-level objectives to support the council’s strategic priorities for fiscal year 2026 and that a resolution to formally adopt them will be on the consent agenda later that evening.
Ali said the objectives are organized under six strategic initiatives with four to five departmental goals under each initiative. The performance team applied internal reviews and a public-facing clarity test — asking whether a typical resident could understand each objective — and said the objectives were vetted through multiple rounds with department leadership and assistant city managers, then reviewed with Mr. Grimes before coming to council.
“For fiscal year 26, we have 84 department level objectives to support your priorities,” Ali said. She described staff use of the SMART framework (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound) to make objectives actionable and said departments were encouraged to set objectives that “stretch the organization” rather than merely checking boxes.
Ali presented a brief timeline: the council’s strategy-setting session on Feb. 1 informed departmental goal-setting; departments drafted objectives; performance management consolidated and reviewed them; assistant city managers provided additional review; and staff conducted a final review with Mr. Grimes prior to today’s presentation. She said the objectives will be posted on the city’s public performance dashboard.
There was no council discussion or questions in the work-session portion following the presentation. The resolution to adopt the objectives was referenced as being on the consent agenda for the regular meeting later that evening; no vote on the resolution took place during the work session.
If approved on the consent agenda, the resolution would formalize the FY26 departmental objectives that Ali described; the transcript does not record the resolution’s ordinance or resolution number.
