CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Receive the City of Naperville Bridge to 2023 Priorities Plan spring 2023 status update
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DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office
SUBMITTED BY: Doug Krieger, City Manager; Pam Gallahue, Community Services Director; Linda LaCloche, Communications Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
On December 7, 2021, City Council approved the City's Priorities Plan, which outlined five priority areas for the City to focus its efforts on over the next three years. The five areas - financial stability and economy, housing choice, infrastructure and utilities, public safety and sustainability - and associated goals were determined following an online community survey, targeted engagement and City Council input.
DISCUSSION:
Because each of the five priorities includes numerous goals and initiatives, staff is providing an in-depth update on two of them - public safety and sustainability - this spring. The remaining three - financial stability and economy, infrastructure and utilities, and housing choice priorities - will be discussed in the fall closer to the 2024 budget workshops.
Overall Update
Staff uses adequate resource availability as its progress measurement tool to determine a priority's current status. Sufficient resources are the appropriate personnel, finances, and materials available to move forward with goals as planned. Staff also considers any external factors that may impact goal progression.
Priority Area
Status
Overview
Financial Stability & Economy
On Track
The City successfully achieved its three financial principles put into place in 2015 that were set for completion by the end of 2022. This allowed the City to rebuild its long-term financial stability, which has positioned the City to have options and flexibility around how to address necessary infrastructure and capital work financially.
In turn, this reinvestment in capital projects reinvigorates existing assets, which maintains Naperville'...
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