A Message from Mayor Gregory - Municipal Council's Goals and Objectives

Our new Mayor, David Gregory, kindly provided the following for publication.

In December Summerland’s Municipal Council promised to make public their “draft” goals and objectives for 2006. The intent of this draft was to allow the public to comment on these goals prior to adopting the final document.

Council met on two occasions to develop these goals. In the first meeting Council identified 21 defined goals with defined timelines to have these goals completed. Council also met with Municipal staff and together the group developed four vision statements of where the Municipality should focus its energy and resources.

On Jan 9th 2006 all of Council attended a workshop in Penticton with parliamentarian Eli Mina as the speaker. Mr. Mina recommended to Council that Council should initially adopt simple draft vision statements to permit public comment. Mr. Mina called this process developing a “Macro Agenda”. Following input from the public, these vision statements plus public comment would be submitted to municipal staff. Staff would then develop specific, well defined, goals objectives and a method to measure outcomes. He called this a ‘Micro Agenda’.

With this in mind, these are the four key vision issues that the Municipality should focus on :
1. the water system
2. Other infrastructure issues
3. Growth management
4. Communications

Council looks forward to any comments from the public on these four vision issues. Public comments can range from opinions on these broad statements to detailed concerns in each category. Any comments are appreciated.

Respectfully submitted
David Gregory

Comments and discussion are invited here, but please also be sure to send them directly to Mayor David.