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goals and rudimentary growth objectives. The Technical Advisory Committee was <br />beginning its review of growth objectives completed by the City Management Team. <br />Many of the growth objectives did not include measurable benchmarks or targets, reliable <br />data sources, and related information. <br />• 1996 Budget-The 1996 City Budget was our first attempt at a program based, <br />performance driven strategic budget document. Line item information was provided by <br />the administration to the City Council and to the general public in separate back-up work <br />books while the main budget effort went into crafting the City's f rst program budget. For <br />the first tune, an overarching mission, broad goals and growth objectives were included. <br />In addition to the citywide aspects, each department and division was asked to develop <br />missions, goals, growth objectives and performance indicators. The Technical Advisory <br />Committee continued to refine and define citywide growth objectives. A number of <br />growth objectives were downgraded from citywide to department and division levels. <br />Some citywide growth objectives were defined with measurable data. However, the <br />growth objectives section was incomplete with a number of unclear and unassigned <br />objectives. <br />• 1997Budget--The 1997 City Budget was our second program based budget. Several <br />improvements were made in both the format and information provided. A number of <br />citywide training sessions were held for the City Management Team to highlight the <br />connection between the strategic plan and the program budget. In addition, each <br />department's management team made progress in completing individual department <br />strategic plans and continued refinement of performance indicators. On a citywide basis <br />the Technical Advisory Committee and the City Management Team further refined <br />citywide growth objectives by identifying the following: <br />- Scope of Responsibility-each growth objective was identifed as either a City <br />government or community growth objective. <br />- City's Role---each growth objective was defined in terms of a specific city role <br />ranging from direct city service or product to a partnership role (with a community <br />partner), to a community leadership, advocate or a monitor's role. Each role was <br />defined in detail. <br />> Lead City Agency--each growth objective was assigned an internal lead agency <br />(or agencies} with responsibility to assume the City role as identified above. <br />- Key Community Partners-each growth objective was assigned a series of key <br />community partners (necessary for a strategic alliance) to achieve the growth <br />objective. <br />- Schedule-a timetable of specific action was developed and assigned to each <br />growth objective. Actions that were included were ongoing performance, project <br />or program corr~pletion, evaluation or monitor activities. <br />A-7 <br />