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City manager urges council to narrow strategic priorities as budget pressures mount
Summary
City Manager led a strategic-vision workshop on April 16 asking the Lodi City Council to compress 41 milestones into a smaller set of priorities ahead of the budget cycle; downtown revitalization, economic growth and fiscal sustainability emerged as leading themes.
The City Manager led a priority-setting workshop for the Lodi City Council on April 16, asking council members to help "ratchet down to some specifics" in the city's strategic plan so staff can translate the council's priorities into a budget and work plans.
The session began with a brief roll call and an explanation of the exercise: each council member used up to three colored dots to indicate the milestones they think are most important. The City Manager said the goal was to identify a manageable set of priorities for the next…
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