An organized government is a functional government. Taking the time as a city manager to craft a well thought out government strategic plan is integral to ensuring your budget is allocated in the most effective manner possible.
Here are a few key ways to ensure your annual and quarterly strategic plans are thorough:
Hear from government officials across departments to recognize what challenges they’re facing and what they would like to prioritize in the future.
Perform government risk assessment to recognize legitimate threats and ways to mitigate them. Issues to consider include national challenges, natural disasters, cyber attacks, intergovernmental roadblocks, economic hardship, and citizen frustrations.
Leverage key performance indicators (KPIs) to track performance against goals.
Use government software to collect data on revenue generation and budget allocation so you’re fully aware of how much money your locality has to work with.