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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board:
1) Receive an update on the County's Strategic Planning efforts;
2) Review and direct staff, as necessary, to modify the current Vision Statement, Mission Statement, and Core Values;
3) Review and direct staff, as necessary, to modify the current five Strategic Plan focus areas of Safe and Healthy Communities, Public Infrastructure, Thriving Economy, Workforce Excellence, and Strategic Innovation; and
4) Direct all Department Heads to participate in an update to the Strategic Plan priorities and action items and return to the Board in the Fall of 2026 with recommendations for new or amended priorities and action items.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On January 30, 2024, the Board of Supervisor adopted the 2024 Strategic Plan. This plan was developed over the course of more than a year of interviews and workshops with department heads and the Board, facilitated by an outside consultant as well as feedback from an open-ended public opinion survey. The Board provided direction to return with an annual update to the Strategic Plan prior to the end of the first quarter of the calendar year. Per the County Charter, the Board shall, at least annually and prior to the end of the first quarter of the calendar year, review the adopted goals and modify them, as necessary.
On April 01, 2025, the Board of Supervisors received an update on the Strategic Plan. There was one change made to the County's vision statement. The vision statement was amended to read "Exceptional quality of life with a strong sense of community, historical heritage, rural character, managed growth, and opportunity for all."
Over the course of 2025, departments identified 143 out of a total of approximately 1,800 agenda items as being relevant to at least one of the action items identified County's Strategic Plan Focus areas. Below is a breakdown of the distribution of the items related to each focus area:
Safe and Healthy Comm...
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