Burlington Council Approves Recommendations Outlined in City Manager's 2021-2022 Objectives Report

At our March 22 City Council meeting, we unanimously approved adopting the recommendations in the staff report outlining the City Manager's 2021-2022 objectives.This report is meant to align with the 2018-2022 City of Burlington Plan: From Vision to Focus, primarily:

• Increase economic prosperity and community responsive city growth; and
• Support sustainable infrastructure and a resilient environment.

This report is aligned with Vision to Focus as the City Manager has direct responsibility for specific V2F objectives as well as accountability overall for the ongoing strategic management of the corporation.BACKGROUND:Appendix A to the City Manager's Report (link at the end of this post) outlines a set of high-level business objectives and work priorities that will help guide the City Manager’s organizational effectiveness efforts over the balance of this term of Council. The document will be used as a roadmap by the City Manager to help focus on important corporate goals and related strategic actions that directly contribute to key outcomes. The document is intended to be an integrating tool, one that assists Council and senior management to move forward as a cohesive leadership team.The document is designed to inform and align with the corporate strategic planning process (25-year strategic plan updated May 2021 and Vision to Focus (V2F) 4-yr strategic action plan recently updated in Feb 2022).The 2021/22 City Manager objectives and work priorities are outlined in Tables 1 and 2 of Appendix A. Committee will note that the City Manager performance objectives are not all encompassing of Council’s strategic priorities for the primary reason that corporate strategic management is a responsibility that is embraced and shared by the entire Burlington leadership team.MY TAKE:This is a really substantive and valuable piece of work for our City. The new measure to integrate our From Vision to Focus initiatives is important. There is a labour shortage across sectors globally and certainly in Canada. So, whatever we can do to make Burlington City Hall a place people want to work -- and I think that starts with the work culture, and compensation comes afterwards. People work for a municipality because they want to feel like they are contributing to the community and making a difference.RELATED LINKS:

• Committee Meeting Minutes: Post-Meeting Minutes – CSSRA_Mar02_2022
• Council Meeting Minutes: Post-Meeting Minutes - Regular Meeting of Council_Mar22_2022
• City Manager's Office report: CM-06-22 2021-2022 City Manager Objectives
• Appendix/Presentation: CM-06-22 Appendix A - Presentation - City Manager Objectives