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City Council Meeting Minutes October 30 2018 Page 2 of 6 community values. This process incorporates that and is focused on input from City leadership, the City Manager, directors, and staff at all levels. The result is this framework that creates a foundation of the organization by defining our vision This is one part of the process but serves as the foundation The next steps are to develop the priority initiatives and the critical success factors. The mission, vision, and values should stay the same from year-to-year and the priority initiatives would change every year to two years and be revisited with the budget process. Julia Novak, City's consultant, stated this is a review of the work done to date and is designed to create a vision for city government (what it will be known for in the future), the mission that drives the work force, and the values that drive the culture. This is done to align the work of the organization around a common purpose and create intemal alignment, but more importantly to build a culture and do it intentionally The idea is to build on what is good to intentionally create a future that is even better; it becomes a written understanding of what is expected of people in the organization Novak stated the plan is intended to answer three questions: • What do we know to be true today? • Where are we? • What do we hope will be true in the future? • What is our vision? • How will we get there? • What is our plan? Novak noted the framework includes the following elements: • Vision — the Vision Statement is aspirational, intended to reflect what you hope Louisville City Government will be known for in the future. • Mission — the role and purpose of City government, frequently expressed in statements about "who we are, what we do, and why we do it." • Values — organizational values guide behavior, whether stated or unstated, and are observed when the workforce is "at its best." • Critical Success Factors — those "things that must go well" in order for the organization to achieve the Vision The process included reviewing numerous background documents including the comprehensive plan, the charter, departmental plans, and more Input was gathered from interviews with councilmembers, employee focus groups, the management team, and an employee survey The management team had a retreat to develop the draft. We are here to review that and get Council input. Next steps are aligning the organizational workplan and identifying the strategic initiatives within the various critical success factors that will advance the organization toward the Vision