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Notes from April 24, 2018 Strategic Planning Meeting
EXTERNAL THEMES for OBJECTIVES
Develop diverse business opportunities
Promote economic prosperity
Invest in prevention/protective factors
Provide & enhance public safety
A strong community: socially, environmentally, and financially
Enhance quality of life and public access to services and amenities
Invest in place
MOVING THE NEEDLE / PARKING LOT
Improve our services to citizens
Improve our ability to enforce county laws and permit requirements
Earn the public’s trust
IDEAS:
Phrase our Objectives as aspirational statements
Tie actions to Objectives [e.g. use color coding?]
o ? How show an Action contributes to several Objectives at once?
o ? Tying Actions to Objectives can get trivialized and become
meaningless – how do we prevent this?
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Notes from April 24, 2018 Strategic Planning Meeting
INTERNAL THEMES FOR OBJECTIVES
Be an organization that citizens want to do business with, even if they have no
choice
Value our workforce in county government
Invest in empllyees
Be a great place to work
Develop our employees to be the next generation of leaders and subject
experts
Enhance, maintain and communicate transparency, equity, integrity,
predictability, efficiency & effectiveness
Jefferson County government is responsible and responsive to the people we
serve
Our culture is to help people succeed.
Value and celebrate what’s right
Financial stewardship and planning: Use sound financial management and
build long term financial strength
MOVING THE NEEDLE / PARKING LOT
Improve the security of our data and financial systems from hacking and theft
Renew/modernize County government’s technology systems & facilities
Renew leadership for county departments/functions
Strengthen our collaborative relationships between departments/branches
Create systems to share information, widen our peripheral vision, and
stimulate collaboration
IDEAS:
Phrase our Objectives as aspirational statements