City Council Meeting Date:
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Ben Martig, City Administrator
Title
Review and Discussion of Strategic Planning Process.
Body
Action Requested:
Discussion only.
City Administrator Martig intends to execute the agreement and proceed with details of strategic planning process in partnership with Mayor Pownell and the consultant Mr. Rapp.
Summary Report:
The Northfield City Council met in February and March of 2015 to begin the process of developing a strategic plan for the City of Northfield. Two Work Sessions were conducted by David Unmacht with Springsted & Associates, who is now the Executive Director of the League of Minnesota Cities. The first session was for the City Council only and the second session included the City of Northfield Leadership Team. The draft report from those sessions are included as an attachment. As you are aware, the process was never completed and has been on-hold for various reasons and intended to begin anew following the new year.
The intent to continue with the strategic planning process was supported through the identification of the following "goals and opportunities" identified in the City Administrator position profile used in the 2016 recruitment for City Administrator:
A. Effectively facilitate the development of a shared vision for the City.
B. Develop implementation strategies to put the vision into motion.
G. Facilitate a process for growing the tax base by implementing a strategic City Council vision for growth that is consistent with the community's norms and perspectives.
I believe that continuing with the strategic planning effort is also consistent with my administrative duties to "develop short and long-range plans, goals and objectives including Council goals and objectives; implement City-wide programs and policies that are consistent with goals and objectives of the Council."
I believe the past work was valuable and can serve as a background for a new effort to ...
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