Title
Corporate Plan
Proposed Motion
That the Corporate Plan be received for information, as presented.
Body
Administration Recommendation
Administration supports the proposed motion.
Purpose
The Corporate Plan is being presented to Committee of the Whole for feedback prior to finalizing the plan.
Summary
The Corporate Plan is the link between Council's Long Term Strategic Plan and County operational plans. The plan has been developed with input from Council and Administration as a way to prioritize activity for remainder of this Council term and to provide guidance to all levels of Administration on how the organization will work towards these strategic focus areas.
Council's vision has been focused slightly from the Long Term Strategic Plan to: Complete Communities, Economic Diversification, Environment and Agriculture, and Leadership and Service. Further, three strategic focus areas have been identified as priorities through the end of this Council term (fall 2021). These are: streamline operations and systems, replace reliance on coal, and customer focused organization. Administration has organized its strategic execution of these goals through four pillar areas: technology and process, asset management, people, and fiscal responsibility. Under each pillar, Administration has identified key projects and strategies as well as outcomes that will result from the work.
The outcomes are aligned with the priority themes developed through the Priority Based Budgeting process. This ties together the way programs and services are evaluated and ranked for funding purposes with the degree to which they contribute to achieving the desired outcomes.
Once approved, the Corporate Plan will provide guidance to each department as they develop multi-year strategic action plans. These plans will support medium-term operational and financial planning in alignment with the Municipal Government Act requirements, and will contribute to more effective multi-year planning a...
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