Goal Statement

Ideas to help mgt. develop plans

1. Improve strategic planning process

· Have a strategic plan that is continually extended and updated. Used as a guideline for budget and actions.

· Ask departments to develop a list of performance measures

· Review strategic plan regularly. Set strategic planning review process/ meetings (to revisit where we are and direction).

2. Increase public involvement in the implementation of County initiatives to help improve public awareness and to address public perceptions of County government and services.

· Develop a standard process to involve public and seek public input.

· Continue dams public process (toward a decision on what to do with dams).

3. Improve public relations/ communication

· Improve relationship between public, government and news media.

· Put out public information. Newsletter, public information announcements, expand website, etc

· Video tape of meetings. Inform public by televising meetings.

· Improvement of public press and government image.

· Create County communications position – external relations.

4. Improve customer service

· Establish performance measurements as a guideline to measure program effectiveness and necessity.

5. Increase regional collaboration

· Both intra-County and throughout Northwest Michigan to combine resources and help to eliminate the duplication of efforts.

· Continue to work with other units of government, Chamber of Commerce, and TBEDC to improve economy

· Have annual joint meeting with township government, city government and other groups like Chamber of Commerce Board.

Assist in bringing health related groups together to broaden services to the underserved.

6. Address state/federal funding issues/Maintain sustainable revenue stream

· Look at State and Federal cuts and determine if the County will continue some of those programs for General Fund funding.

· Integrate funding options for road matching projects

· Improve citizens’ understanding of issues on County level and how State and Federal impacts those issues.

· Enhance relations with State and Federal government.

· Continual ongoing communication with State and Federal governments about new/ old regulations and mandates.

· Quarterly meeting with our State representatives and State Senator or regulation and unfunded mandate.

Goal

Admin project

Board project

Input from Mgrs.

In Progress

Implement wage and salary study.

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Continue economic support of BRA/EDC and other tools.

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Approval of Solid Waste Plan.

Review Solid Waste Plan and get it passed by townships.

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Additional support and funding for Conservation District Education Center.

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Develop/Complete Trail Master Plan.

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Reorganize Resource Recovery Department and personnel.

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Replacement of surcharge to fund recycling

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Form trash Authority

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Plan for expanding Jail needs

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Poverty initiative

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Support Public Transportation

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Re-structure DPW & Sewer & Water Committee

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Plan for new Central Dispatch equipment

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Assist Road Commission on revenue issues.

Assist Road Commission on revenue issues.

Resolve issue of Road Commission Board being elect versus appointed

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Finish Work on historic courthouse

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Improve energy efficiency

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Implement smoke-free ordinance

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Fund public health --- especially children’s issues

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Create priority list of services

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