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PLANNING & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES COMMITTEE MINUTES
MAY 4, 2015 CITY OF KITCHENER
The Planning and Strategic Initiatives Committee met this date, commencing at 4:01 p.m.
Present: Councillor P. Singh, Chair
Mayor B. Vrbanovic and Councillors S. Davey, F. Etherington, Y. Fernandes, K.
Galloway-Sealock, J. Gazzola, B. Ioannidis, Z. Janecki, S. Marsh and D. Schnider.
Staff: J. Willmer, Chief Administrative Officer
D. Chapman, Deputy CAO, Finance and Corporate Services
M. Seiling, Acting Deputy CAO, Community Services
D. Tyagi, Deputy CAO, Infrastructure Services
J. Miller, Executive Director, Office of the CAO
L. Majcher, Manager, Strategy and Business Planning
J. Grubb, Corporate Planning Analyst
C. Goodeve, Committee Administrator
CAO-15-005 - 2015-2018 STRATEGIC PLAN
1.
The Committee considered Chief Administrator’s Office report CAO-15-005, dated April 23,
2015 regarding the strategic options that will drive the work of the organization over the next
four years and the process that is being applied to develop the 2015-2018 Strategic Plan. Ms.
L. Majcher presented the report and sought the Committee’s feedback regarding the following
questions:
Question 1:
What do you believe the City should take action on in the next four years?
What are the most pressing priorities?
Question 2:
Are there specific projects or actions you would like to see move forward to
make progress in these areas? What results are you expecting in the next four years?
Question 3:
Overall, how effective do you think these strategies will be in driving the
results that are most important to you and the citizens of Kitchener? What might we be
missing?
Several members expressed uncertainty as to what was being asked of them and how this
process would be utilized to develop the Strategic Plan for the next term of Council. Questions
were raised as to how the various appendices were interrelated, commenting on the difficulty in
identifying pressing priorities in the absence of information on the actions that would be
incorporated under the various vision statements. Further concerns were expressed that there
might not be enough time this date to adequately consider the three Questions. It was noted
that while the Strategic Plan was originally intended to be finalized by June 2015, if needed,
additional time should be taken to ensure comprehensive consideration is given to its
development.
Mayor B. Vrbanovic proposed that this matter should be deferred to a future meeting,
suggesting that to add clarity, additional information should be provided identifying the specific
actions that may be pursued under each category.
On motion, the Committee agreed to defer consideration of this matter to a future meeting to
allow time for additional information to be provided.
ADJOURNMENT
2.
On motion, this meeting adjourned at 5:13 p.m.
C. Goodeve
Committee Administrator