Standing Brown Act Committee:The Strategic Planning and

Financing CommitteeMARCH 16, 2021

Strategic Planning and Financing Committee

u Why establish a committee?

u Strategic Planning: It Takes a Team

u Answer Questions for the Board

u Keeps the Process on Track

u Transparency – Open to Public

u Initial Members

u Two Supervisors

u County Administrative Officer

u Auditor-Controller

u Treasurer-Tax Collector

County Plans

Annual Budget

General Plan

Strategic Plan

The General Plan describes the attributes of the County and its diverse communities. It identifies features and land use principles considered essential to community character, guides development and growth and informs capital improvements and the delivery of public services.

The Annual Budget is the County’s short-term financial plan. The budget is a policy document that reflects the direction and priorities of the county to deliver community services, as well as the resources to move forward with them.

The Strategic Plan expresses the community’s vision and the values, goals and objectives that are desirable for the community and County staff to achieve.

Strategic Plan

u Purpose

u The Strategic Plan is a way for the Community, the Board, Department Heads and Staff to express their collective vision of the County’s future in a clear way.

Guide to:

Decision-Making

Allocating Scarce Resources

u Is the Roadmap to Achieve the Collective Vision

u Living Document: Strategic Planning is a Process

Mission, Vision, Values and Guiding Principles

Mission Statement

Serving, strengthening, and supporting our community.

Vision Statement

A community of agricultural, historic, and recreational abundance where residents and visitors can enjoy safety and prosperity.

Values

IntegrityBalance

ResilienceService

We hold ourselves to high ethical standards.

We value our heritage while striving for continuous improvement.

We respond creatively to challenges.

We serve the public with hard work, civility, and respect.

Definitions – Let’s Speak the Same Language

A mission is a formal summary of the values of an organization.Mission

Implementation Plan

A vision is a snapshot of the desired future state of the community; in other words, a vision is what we want to be.

The values represent the core beliefs that an organization wishes to foster through its actions towards its mission. This will shape the County’s culture and inform the priorities and strategies it chooses.

These are the philosophies that are applied to each of the Strategic Plan’s five pillars. These principles will influence how the County makes decisions, sets policies, allocates resources, implements objectives, and measures accomplishments.

Plan designed by a department(s) to achieve a specific objective.

Vision

Values

Guiding Principles

Action steps needed to meet an objective.Goals

Definitions – Let’s Speak the Same Language

Key Indicators Measures used to indicate progress toward achieving an objective.

Goals within a focus area that will help achieve the communityObjectives

General organizational categories necessary to achieve the community vision.Strategic Plan Pillars

Strategic Planning Process

Mission, Vision, Values (2018)

Guiding Principles (In Progress)

Strategic Plan Pillars (In Progress)

Goals (In Progress)

Objectives (In Progress)

Implementation of Strategic Plan (In Progress)

Key Indicators (In Progress)

Recommended Next Steps

1. Establish the Strategic Planning and Financing Committee

2. Appoint two Supervisors to Serve on the Committee

3. Appoint the Following Department Heads to Serve on the Committee

A. County Administrative Officer

B. Auditor-Controller

C. Treasurer-Tax Collector

4. CAO to Schedule Initial Meeting

5. Tentative Agenda for Initial Meeting

A. Consider Recommendations Regarding the Following:

i. Additional Members

ii. Bylaws

iii. Poll of Department Heads

iv. Third-Party Facilitator

Discussion