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Goals
CANTON 2024 VISION
FY 2023-2024
| GOAL 1: IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE CITIZENS AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS |
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| Objective 1: | Actively promote the involvement of citizens on city boards, commissions and committees |
| Objective 2: | Maintain an "open door" policy between the citizens and city management |
| Objective 3: | Prioritize good customer relations and improve training of city employees interacting with citizens |
| Objective 4: | Develop a constant presence in the community by city employees and officials attending community events and attending service organization and special committee meetings |
| Objective 5: | Continue regular communications via website, newsletter, newspaper and special promotions, including financial transparency postings |
| Objective 6: | Continue regular meetings between elected officials and city managers and secretaries of cities in Van Zandt County |
| Objective 7: | Develop regular meetings between the city, county and school district |
| GOAL 2: IMPROVE LONG-RANGE PLANNING |
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| Objective 1: | Use Comprehensive Plan as the guideline for all future policies and development |
| Objective 2: | Continue to follow the city's capital improvements plan |
| Objective 3: | Continue to develop short- and long-term water management plans to meet present and future water demands for the City of Canton, including conservation efforts |
| Objective 4: | Continuously work on upgrading infrastructure with a focus on street improvements |
| GOAL 3: FOLLOW SOUND FINANCIAL POLICIES |
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| Objective 1: | Consider using certificates of obligation and limited tax notes for long-term debt as well as government-approved investments |
| Objective 2: | Continue with plan to use First Monday funds to retire debt and for capital improvements vs. transfers to City funds for operational purposes |
| Objective 3: | Continue multi-year plan for Water and Wastewater Funds to become self-supporting and pay for their own capital improvements |
| Objective 4: | Use long-term debt when it makes good sense, but reduce long-term debt in the long-run and improve credit ratings in the short-run |
| Objective 5: | Maintain the adopted reserve policy for each fund and debt service |
| Objective 6: | Maximize grants and other resources to fund projects |
| GOAL 4: ADDRESS ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES |
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| Objective 1: | Prioritize the development of a cooperative environment and seek unification of the community |
| Objective 2: | Determine and emulate “best practices” in customer service throughout the organization |
| Objective 3: | Promote a "Public Servant" mentality at every level of the organization |
| Objective 4: | Support training and professional development of staff and elected officials; develop a program for succession planning |
| Objective 5: | Review organization, re-align to level workload, and improve management in the organization |
| GOAL 5: PROMOTE A POSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY |
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| Objective 1: | Support policies to encourage housing development |
| Objective 2: | Support policies to encourage retail, commercial and industrial development |
| Objective 3: | Follow infrastructure guidelines for future residential and commercial development |
| Objective 4: | Continue efforts to coordinate and market local medical facilities and services |
| GOAL 6: ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN CANTON |
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| Objective 1: | Continue pursuing recreational, cultural and aesthetic improvements in the community |
| Objective 2: | Continue funding capital expenditures for infrastructure improvements |
| Objective 3: | Initiate another phase of major quality street improvements |
| Objective 4: | Continue maintenance projects to slow sedimentation in Lake Canton |
| Objective 5: | Initiate water conservation campaign and efforts |
| Objective 6: | Continue to develop and improve City parks |
| GOAL 7: ENHANCE THE FIRST MONDAY EXPERIENCE FOR THE VENDORS, CUSTOMERS AND CITIZENS |
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| Objective 1: | Use Master Plan as guideline for development of First Monday |
| Objective 2: | Fund Master Plan improvements annually |
| Objective 3: | Develop formalized method for management to receive feedback from vendors on a regular basis |