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Senate adopts 'Utah Tomorrow' strategic planning resolution after executive-legislative presentation
Summary
The Utah Senate approved SCR 5, endorsing the 'Utah Tomorrow' strategic planning resolution that sets statewide goals, objectives and performance measures and formalizes a legislative–executive partnership for long-range planning.
The Utah Senate on Jan. 31 adopted SCR 5, the Utah Tomorrow strategic planning resolution, after senators heard a two-part presentation from the resolution’s legislative sponsor and an executive-branch representative.
Sponsor Senator Lee Ray McAllister told colleagues the resolution consolidates a multi-year strategic planning effort and lists goals, objectives and measurable performance targets across topics including water, environment and public services. He said legislative membership on the effort includes both Senate and House members and described the document’s structure of goals, objectives and “performance measures” intended to let the Legislature track progress over time.
Brad Barber, who represented the governor’s office on the floor, said the effort reflects cooperation between the legislative and executive branches and that state agencies and local governments have engaged in refining goals and performance measures. “The Utah Tomorrow strategic planning process is moving towards a true partnership between the legislative branch and the executive branch,” Barber said, noting national interest in the work.
Senators pressed for clarification about costs and implementation. Several members emphasized that the resolution should be used to guide committee priorities and budget justifications; Senator Petersen urged that fiscal impacts be made explicit when bills claim to advance Utah Tomorrow goals. McAllister said fiscal analysts and committees would be involved in turning goals into measurable steps.
The Senate approved SCR 5 under suspension of rules; the clerk recorded the final passage as 29 ayes, no nays. The resolution was placed on the files to be sent to the House and then the governor for formal acknowledgment.
The resolution does not itself appropriate funds; McAllister and Barber said any implementation requiring capital or operating expenditures would be pursued as separate bills and be subject to normal fiscal review.
