2024 Strategic Planning Items
- Laura Mikulski
- Jun 14, 2024
- 2 min read
Top priorities:
1. Construct a Martin Road Park recreation facility
2. Construct a new public safety headquarters
3. Vector control - improve local pest control
4. Redevelop Withington parking lot alley - focus on pedestrian, transportation, and sustainability improvements
5. Create a public monthly report showing high-level budget to actual spending
6. Summarize annual tax and spending report for residents
7. Update financial standard operating procedures documents
8. Conduct a third-party organizational performance assessment
9. Expand mental health co-responder program for the Police Department
10. Develop an Eight Mile Road plan for Ferndale's jurisdiction
11. Procure trash cans for private property using grant funds and a small charge via Sanitation Fund
12. Establish a dedicated arborist position
13. Find a better solution for animal control
14. Create drop-off sites for less common recycling items at City Hall, Library, and local businesses
15. Study feasibility of creating a Ferndale street tree nursery
16. Expand multi-family recycling collection; institute mandatory recycling for multifamily units
Full report:
During their March City Council Strategic Plan retreat, a consensus of City Council members identified 24 priority initiatives for staff to focus on over the next four years. During the workshop, City Council also updated definitions for their Critical Success Factors, undertook a visioning exercise called Hometown Headline, and reviewed progress on the previous 2020 City Council Strategic Plan. Initiatives supported by four-to-five Council members were assigned a 'top priority'; initiatives with support by three Council members were assigned a 'high' priority. Other initiatives that received less support were acknowledged and assigned 'other'. Top initiatives are prioritized and incorporated into annual director performance plans for study and implementation. Many initiatives are reliant on staffing levels, capacity, and organizational funding levels.
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