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Crosby Township holds pre-budget planning session; trustees, residents list priorities from parks to public safety
Summary
Trustees and residents used a facilitated exercise to set strategic priorities for 2026 and a 10-year vision, proposing items including hiring an administrator, upgrading IT/phones, playground/pickleball projects, senior transportation, fire/EMS equipment and addressing audit-identified payroll tax liabilities.
After completing a formal resolution on certified revenue, Crosby Township held a facilitated pre-budget planning session in which trustees and community participants used a seven-template exercise (BHAG, core values, purpose, strategic priorities, 3-5 year goals, 1-year/quarter priorities, brand promise) to identify projects and operational needs for 2026 and beyond.
Speaker 3 framed the session around a 10-year BHAG (big, hairy, audacious goal) and led the group to develop priorities that would later be used to create the budget in December. Participants proposed preserving a rural character while permitting targeted light industrial or commercial growth to expand the tax base; others suggested protecting parks and opposing annexation by the…
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