REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approval of the Council Strategic Framework and July 2025-June 2027 Council Strategic Priorities, and Receipt of Associated Workplan
Report
BACKGROUND
To better align organizational resourcing and capacity with Council strategic priorities, study issues, and Citywide work efforts, the City contracted with The Centre for Organization Effectiveness to facilitate an expanded Council Strategic Prioritization Process (Attachment 1).
On January 30, 2025, the City Council held a public retreat to build relationships and clarify roles with each other and staff. During the annual Study Issues and Budget Proposals Workshop on February 13, 2025, Council prioritized 10 Study Issues that may result in new or revised City policies. Council also referred four (4) Budget Proposals to the upcoming recommended budget (Budget Workshop scheduled for May 22, 2025). The City Manager assessed staff's ability to undertake a portion of Council's 10 prioritized issues, taking into consideration fiscal resources and departmental workloads, including the 25 existing study issues that are already underway. The City Manager determined that 4 of the Council's 10 ranked Study Issues for 2025 will be added to the Workplan for July 2025-June 2027, as detailed in an Information Item to Council on April 22, 2025 (RTC No. 25-0518).
The annual Council Strategic Priorities Workshop was held on March 13, 2025. City staff provided Council and the public with an update on the progress toward addressing last year's strategic priorities, core service delivery metrics, a fiscal overview, and insights from the 2025 National Community Survey. With this context, Council set five (5) draft strategic priorities that will guide the City for the next two years (the two-year period will better align with election cycles and resource planning efforts), as follows:
In the next two years, we are taking active steps to create...
1. A responsive, transparent, and efficient city...
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