City Manager Miller Releases "Report to the Community: Accomplishments Oct. 1, 2002-Sept. 30, 2003"

The City's current challenges have demonstrated the criticality of thoughtful dialogue between the community and its government. The Strategic Plan 2010 is evidence of this productive synergy, which provides a clear set of objectives toward which the government, neighborhood groups, business community and non-profit service providers can strive. An essential outgrowth of this cooperative relationship has been increased accountability of decision-makers for the choices they make and resources allocated on behalf of the community toward achieving its strategic goals. The Report to the Community is a means by which I can provide information to the community on the City's progress in achieving the agreed-upon goals set by the Strategic Plan 2010.

The Three-Year Financial Strategic Plan is one recent example of the City and the community working together to address a distinct problem that is solvable and achievable. The solutions will not be easy of course, as the significant reduction in spending and the downsizing of the government will result in service interruptions or reductions. However,the partnership between the community and the City has allowed the development of a three-year roadmap with the key objective of fiscal sustainability.

Clearly,the fiscal challenges we are facing impact our ability to achieve the objectives of the Strategic Plan 2010, but by continually integrating and aligning the objectives of the Strategic Plan 2010 into the City ’s organizational objectives and operations,we will keep the organization focused on the positive course the community helped to establish."