DATE: August 1, 2017
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
Michael Walters Young, Budget and Strategic Innovation Manager
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Periodic Review and Update of City Strategic Plan, Franklin Forward (Continued from 08/08/17 WS)
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Purpose
The purpose of this memorandum is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning the need to conduct the period review and renewal of the City's strategic Plan, Franklin Forward.
Background
It has been nearly five years since the BOMA adopted Franklin Forward, the City's Strategic Plan for the next 20 years. After five years of the strategic plan, it has grown from a conceptual plan to one which is analyzed and partially integrated into various facets of the City's daily operations and budget. All plans, however, are only effective if they are used and periodically reviewed for consistency, and applicability. A lot has changed in the ensuing five years; the City has grown, more initiatives and plans have been created and implemented, and some of the metrics chosen to evaluate Franklin Forward have proven to be difficult to keep or simply impractical to collect. It is time to review the plan.
The goal of reviewing the strategic plan is to gauge the performance of the metrics included and adjust any component to reflect current needs and demands of the community, and/or to modify or change any component which has proven not to be measurable.
Process
Following a review of the BOMA to seek overarching guidance and feedback, staff will reconstitute the four "theme teams" which worked on the creation five years ago. During several months, each team will review the effectiveness of each goal and make recommendations on whether to keep, modify or replace the measures and baselines which roll up to the sub-themes and themes. The Steering Committee (comprising the City Administrator, Assistant City Administrators, Budget & Strategic Inn...
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