Stable and Responsive Government
Strategic Priority: Stable and Responsive Government
Goal: Ensure the County has the financial, human and physical resources required to deliver quality, reliable, accountable and affordable public service.
The County, as an organization, is responsible for providing a wide range of services. Recruiting and retaining appropriate talent to deliver these services is increasingly challenging. The County enjoys improving revenues and made sound past decisions to generate new revenues, but a large slate of pending projects will challenge the County's fiscal resources. Citizens are increasingly demanding a more engaged and accessible Council.
Objective 1: Take steps to ensure that the county has the financial and staff resources to maintain existing services and to meet future needs.
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Action 1 |
Complete an organizational financial plan that maximizes assessment revenues, financing, reserves, and delivery models to ensure affordability of all current and prospective obligations, by the end of 2019. |
While originally off-target and intended to be presented in 2020, the main assumptions of the Plan are being revised due to the ongoing concerns with the recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is expected to be presented to Council in mid-2023. |
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Action 2 |
Update the staffing review, which was completed in 2016 by September of 2021. |
Staff have commenced the process of completing the update and expect it to be presented in mid-2023. |
Objective 2: Maintain a Council structure that is appropriate for the demographic and geographic realities of the community.
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Action 1 |
Complete a ward boundary review by end of 2020. |
A Council Structure and Ward Boundary Consultation was undertaken in 2020, and a report was presented to Council in early 2021 recommending no changes to the current Council and ward structure. |
