PICKERINGTON CITY COUNCIL
CITY HALL,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2010
COUNCIL RETREAT
8:00 A.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor O’Brien opened the
2. SCHEDULED MATTERS:
A. Review of Strategic Plan. Mayor O’Brien opened the retreat and
introduced Brett Sciotto as the facilitator.
Mr. Sciotto reviewed the Strategic Plan process used in developing the
Plan and the environmental scan (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats) used in development of the Strategic Plan. It was determined the Core Areas of Focus and
the Vision Statement, “Pickerington will be a safe, thriving, family-friendly
community that preserves tradition while creating a balanced, accessible,
affordable, hometown by engaging our citizens to collectively enhance our
quality of life” have not changed since the last retreat.
Council
reviewed the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the Strategic
Plan and determined if they should be categorized as completed, in-progress,
not started or not feasible. Mr. Sciotto
stated later in the day Council would review the top 20 goals to determine if
they had been reached or not and if not should a new value be reassigned to
that goal.
Council recessed at 9:30 A.M., and reconvened
in open session at 9:40 A.M.
In
reviewing the goals it was determined that Council would like to receive a
5-year financial plan from the Finance Director, that some identified
weaknesses had been resolved and some new opportunities should be added to the
list. During discussion it was suggested
that one opportunity to pursue would be that some of the funds received through
the drug enforcement program should be used for a comprehensive community-wide
drug enforcement education program.
Further discussion included that the City should investigate
opportunities to improve mass transit opportunities, reduce organizational
liability, establish written operating procedures for departments, create a
business retention plan, identify crime hot spots, create an infrastructure
master plan, and pursue the possibility of additional bike paths.
Council recessed at 10:20 A.M., and reconvened
in open session at 10:30 A.M.
Mayor
O’Brien stated he appreciated everyone taking the time on a Saturday to
participate in this event and he felt it would be very beneficial in future
planning. Mr. Vance stated he has been
getting to know everyone and he feels the City has a very dedicated staff of
employees.
Council
reviewed the goals listed in the current Strategic Plan and each elected
official assigned a priority ranking for the top ten goals. Mr. Sciotto stated he would like a short break
so he could compare the rankings assigned and provide a new order of goals for
Council to review.
Council recessed at 12:05 P.M. and reconvened
in open session at 12:10 P.M.
Mr.
Sciotto distributed a listing of the goals in the order of priority determined
by Council. The highest priorities were
to define alternative sources of sustainable funding, establish business
retention plan, and define and adopt a five-year financial plan.
Council
discussed alternative sources of sustainable funding to include a renewal of
the Police Levy, an increase in the City’s income tax percentage, and the
annexation of contiguous land parcels.
3. ADJOURNMENT. There being nothing further, Mayor O’Brien
closed the
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:
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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk
ATTEST:
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Mitch O’Brien, Mayor