GOAL SETTING SESSION RESULTS

The City Council adopted the following set of goals at their September 19, 2011 Goal Setting Session:

1. Offer for sale the Cookson Center Property and plan for future community center site acquisition and/or purchase. (10 votes)

2. Parking on Main Street between Parkside Dr and Second Street. (9 votes)

3. Creek clean up. (8 votes)

4. Create stormwater utility. (7 votes)

5. Adopt plan for park space (Wapsi View Trailer Court) based on recommendations from the Park & Rec Commission. (7 votes)

6. Continue I&I work (7 votes)

7. Develop comp plan and CIP plan. (7 votes)

8. Adopt financial and purchasing policies including spending limits and debt limits. (7 votes)

9. Increase funding for Hoover’s Hometown Days, including band for fireworks and larger fireworks display. (6 votes)

10. Make repairs to wastewater infrastructure identified in I & I Study. (6 votes)

11. New lift station (6 votes)

12. Provide raises for employees in FY 11 & 12 (6 votes)

13. Update resolution and ordinance books (5 votes)

14. Clear site of Wapsi View Trailer Court and plant grass. (4 votes)

15. Continue second year of funding of the three-year plan to bring up salaries at Library. (4 votes)

16. Work with School District to increase safety of children going to and from the elementary/middle school complex. (4 votes)

17. Increase partnership and level of support for West Branch Main Street. (4 votes)

Shaded numbers above note items that share the same vote amounts.

The City Council adopted the following set of goals at their September 1, 2010 Goal Setting Session:

1. Consolidate City offices (19 votes)
2. Provide raises for employees in FY 2011/2012 (17 votes)
3. New lift station (15 votes)
4. Continue I&I work (15 votes)
5. Plan for Park and Rec building – Cookson. (15 votes )
6. Look at consolidating cleaning services ( 10 votes)
7. Adopt a PTO plan. Comp to be used as time off only (9 votes)
8. Contract with independent financial advisor (7 votes)
9. Have a teen program for summer (7 votes)
10. Library expansion (7 votes)
11. Acciona to build wind turbine to power City buildings. &/or whole town. (7 votes)
12. Make administrative assistant full time position. (6 votes)
13. Develop comp plan and CIP plan (6 votes)
14. Update resolution and ordinance books (6 votes)
15. Sidewalk plan - repair current sidewalks. Build new sidewalks. (4 votes)
16. Growing population. Need more police officers. (4 votes)
17. Repaint water tower (3 votes)
18. Annex the interstate (3 votes)
19. Conduct an annexation study. (1 vote)
20. Increase revenue for the City (1 vote)