Title
Update City Commission Strategic Initiative Referrals for Fiscal Years 2009 - 2010 (B)
This item is to refer the two new City Commission strategic initiatives adopted into the updated City of Gainesville Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2009 - 2010 on September 19, 2009 to the Community Development Committee and the Regional Utilities Committee. This item is also a request to remove Strategic Initiative 4.4 - "Develop a strategy for e-commerce" from the Audit Finance and Legislative Committee referral list.
Explanation
On July 28, 2008, the City Commission adopted the biennial City of Gainesville Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2009 - 2010. To develop the strategic plan, the City Commission held a retreat in December, 2007 and a follow-up retreat in June, 2008 to discuss strategic priorities for the City.
On October 2, 2008, the City Commission adopted the alignment of the 25 City Commission strategic initiatives with City Commission Standing Committees and the Community Redevelopment Agency. Each strategic initiative was referred to a Standing Committee or the CRA, giving elected officials the opportunity to discuss the implementation of City Commission strategic initiatives and provide possible policy direction. Since this adoption, the champion of each strategic initiative has worked with the aligned committee to chart and monitor the course for successful implementation of the strategic plan.
On November 6, 2008, the City Commission approved the assignment of a City Commission member to "sponsor" select strategic initiatives. Through a voting process, 18 of the 25 strategic initiatives were selected by Commission members. The sponsor advocates for the accomplishment of the initiative, provides feedback to staff on strategic direction, and provides observations to the City Commission and its Standing Committees on accomplishments related to the initiatives.
On February 9, 2009, the City Commission held a strategic planning workshop to hear a staff report on the status of the budget for FY10 and make necessary adjustments to the adopted strategic plan. During the workshop, two new strategic initiatives were proposed by the City Commission to improve the energy efficiency of low-income homes and develop creative ways to monitor progress in code enforcement.
On September 19, 2009, the City Commission adopted the updated City of Gainesville Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2009 - 2010 based on proposed modifications at the February 2009 strategic planning workshop. Major modifications to the plan included the addition of two initiatives and the sun-setting of two initiatives, which transitioned to on-going staff assignments.
In accordance with the alignment of City Commission strategic initiatives and Standing Committees, the two new initiatives will be referred to committee and the two sunset initiatives will be removed from committee referral lists. Strategic Initiative 1.2 - "Ensure that there are appropriate staff levels for police and fire and review the deployment of staff" was removed from the Public Safety referral list at the beginning of FY10.
Fiscal Note
None
Recommendation
The City Commission: 1) refer Strategic Initiative 6.1 - "Develop creative ways to measure progress in code enforcement" to the Community Development Committee; 2) refer Strategic Initiative 7.4 - "Improve the energy efficiency of modest-income homes through weatherization" to the Regional Utilities Committee; and 3) remove Strategic Initiative 4.4 - "Develop a strategy for e-commerce" from the Audit, Finance and Legislative Committee referral list.