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Falmouth Select Board reviews updated strategic plan and sets October adoption timeline
Summary
At an Aug. 24 workshop the Select Board reviewed proposed changes to the town strategic plan — including a new diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging value statement — and asked staff to return a redlined draft and a ClearPoint dashboard for formal adoption at fall meetings.
The Falmouth Select Board used a full-day strategic planning workshop on Aug. 24 to review revisions to its strategic plan and set a process for formal adoption later this year. The board agreed staff should compile comments in September and present a redlined draft and performance dashboard for adoption at upcoming October meetings.
Staff described proposed additions to the plan's mission, vision and values, including a new diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) value statement that Human Resources drafted. "I asked Susan Lumping to take a look at our mission, vision, and core value statement," an Unidentified Speaker 5 said when introducing the DEIB draft. Board members debated whether the language should emphasize the town's role as an employer or broader community actor and asked for edits to be circulated by email.
Managers said they will roll the housing production plan's goals into the strategic plan so board priorities align with department implementation. Staff also outlined a plan to launch a ClearPoint performance dashboard to track measurable objectives and deliver quarterly scorecard reports; the manager said she hoped to present the first dashboard in October.
The board emphasized it would not take formal votes during the workshop but asked staff to return a formal draft for a regular meeting in October and to include measurable, time-bound goals. Chair Unidentified Speaker 3 asked members to submit suggested edits in September so staff would have time to incorporate them. "If you could just send them to Mike and me, that would be great," the chair said.
Next steps: staff will collect board comments in September, prepare a redlined draft and performance dashboard, and present them for formal consideration at the October meeting schedule, with a target for adoption later in the fall.
