TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Douglas J. Hewett, ICMA-CM, City Manager
Jeffrey Yates, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Chris Lowery, Strategic & Performance Analytics Manager
DATE: June 9, 2025
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Adoption of the Recommended FY 2026 Strategic Plan
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
As the City of Fayetteville continues to grow and thrive, the City Council and staff look to move forward together with a strategic plan which articulates a vision for our community's future that will ensure vitality and sustainability and provides direction for the City's programmatic performance expectations. Commitment to strategic planning and performance management strengthens the City of Fayetteville, ensuring excellent services and a high quality of life for residents.
Executive Summary:
The Fayetteville City Council has worked very diligently to commit this organization to high performance and to use data and stakeholder input to create a strategic plan for the City that is forward thinking, relevant and outcome based.
The Mayor, City Council, and staff share a duty to ensure that the actions of public officials, employees, contractors, and volunteers of the City are carried out in the most responsible manner possible and that City policy, budgets, goals, and objectives are fully implemented.
In February 2025, the City Council met for a two-day strategic planning retreat to refine the City's strategic plan by reviewing goals, focusing on past accomplishments, and agreeing on five strategic priorities for FY 2026. The strategic planning consultant returned to the April 14th City Council regular meeting and debriefed Council of the outcomes of the retreat as well as received consensus of the agreed upon priorities for FY 2026.
The City Manager's Office has directed the Office of Strategy and Performance Analytics (SPA) to meet regularly with teams to advance the Coun...
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