Strategic Plan Updates

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Public Safety

  • Staffing: Fire and Police departments continue to face recruitment challenges, but four new hires in Fire and additional officers in Police have improved coverage.
  • Quick Response Vehicle: Utilized for 8.5 days per month, responding to 37% of calls when in service.

Compensation, Benefits, & Staff Development

  • Living Wage: % of workforce above living wage decreased from 78.4% to 63.3%.  The decrease is attributable to the recent update to the living wage by Just Economics.

Strong Infrastructure

  • Street Cut Repairs: Efficiency improved, with 83.7% of work orders closed within 30 days (up from 69.1%).
  • City Hall Exterior: Discussion continues on how to best repair the building's roof, limestone, and brick damages.  This is delaying this project.

Strategic Housing Plan

  • Entitlements: 145 units were entitled in quarter one.  50 of the units were entitled by-right.  77 or 53% of these units are 'affordable'.

Growth Management & Community Character

  • Design Standards: A downtown design overlay is being currently developed by a Planning Board committee.

Invest in Parks

  • Clear Creek Greenway: This project is set to bid and begin construction in Q4 (April-June).

Enhance Sustainability

  • Tree Plantings: While our tree planting goals were delayed this fall/winter, we have re-started this process with the Clear Creek Greenway project.

Transportation Planning

  • Traffic Calming: Strategies to address this topic were introduced at the City Council retreat in February.

City Boards & Volunteers

  • Board & Committees: Working on plan for 2026 to re-vamp advisory board organization.

Support Downtown Businesses

  • Downtown Incubator: ADA compliant chair lift is currently being installed.

Public Safety

  • Downtown Officer: Landon McGraw was assigned as the dedicated downtown officer on 03/09/2026.

Compensation, Benefits, & Staff Development

  • New Merit Program: City staff completed the second year of the new performance review program.

Strong Infrastructure

  • No Key Achievements to report for Q3 of FY26.

Strategic Housing Plan

  • No Key Achievements to report for Q3 of FY26.

Growth Management & Community Character

  • No Key Achievements to report for Q3 of FY26.

Invest in Parks

  • No Key Achievements to report for Q3 of FY26.

Enhance Sustainability Citywide

  • No Key Achievements to report for Q3 of FY26.

Transportation Plannning

  • GO Bond: City voters approved the $10m proposed transportation bond.

City Boards & Volunteers

  • Start Citizens Academy: The Core of the City Academy launched this quarter and we are currently on session 5 of 8.

Support Downtown Businesses

  • No Key Achievements to report for Q3 of FY26.