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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Receive an update on the County's Strategic Planning efforts;
2) Approve the current Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and Core Values;
3) Approve the current five Strategic Plan goals of Public Safety, Good Governance, Infrastructure, Economic Development, and Healthy Communities;
4) Discuss and approve recommended changes and additions to the specific priorities and themes relative to each of the five goals; and
5) Direct all Department Heads to incorporate the County's Strategic Plan goals and priorities into their departmental short, middle, and long term goals.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In 2014 the County began the process of developing a Countywide Strategic Plan which was subsequently completed in 2016. During that process, the County engaged in extensive community outreach, which included a 'Citizen Engagement Survey.' As a result of those efforts, the Strategic Plan included five overarching goals: (1) Public Safety, (2) Infrastructure, (3) Good Governance, (4) Economic Development, and (5) Healthy Communities. Normal practice is to develop a strategic plan for an anticipated period of three to five years and to make necessary updates during that time frame. Consistent with that practice, from 2016 to 2019 the Board periodically received updates on the progress being made relative to each goal.
Subsequently, in 2019 the County conducted a major update of the Strategic Plan that included obtaining feedback from many other partners and stakeholders, including County Department Heads and management staff, County Commissions/Committees, fire districts and residents of El Dorado County. While the Mission, Vision, Core Values and Goals remained the same, the County shifted from having very specific tasks and timelines to be completed to a more strategic process of identifying themes and priorities with the intent that departments will focus their internal priorities around the...
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