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Each year, the Naperville City Council formally adopts Strategic Initiatives. These initiatives outline the city’s vision in seven categories.
A brochure outlining the city's FY 2011-12 Strategic Plan Initiatives is included for your convenience.
Governance and Leadership
- Extend department best practices by implementing the Safety Policy and developing team safety incentives.
- Complete the review of the Employee Policy Manual including pay practices, salary increases, performance evaluations, SMART goals and residency requirements for key employees.
- Devise a new citywide Communication Policy beginning with communications during emergency events.
- Continue to implement organizational efficiencies including increasing span of control.
Residential Life
- Continue offering the city's CPR/AED to citizens and increasing the number of AEDs located in residential subdivisions.
- Work with the Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation to address common resident inquiries and issues through cooperative communications.
Business Life
- Work with the Naperville Development Partnership to develop detailed strategies and tactics for economic development, retention, renewal and redevelopment. Emphasis should be placed on, but not limited to, filling office and retail vacancies, and attracting businesses such as emerging technologies, including clean energy.
- Work with the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce to conduct 'business roundtables' with Councilmen and business owners/operators to enhance the city's business environment.
- Create a Business Concierge role, whose responsibility will be to help new and existing businesses in working with the city on permits and inspections, and understanding the city's municipal codes.
- Continue to support Naperville's clean energy initiatives, including the Green Fuels Depot, to develop alternative fuels and create new jobs.
Intergovernmental Relations
- Continue to work with other local and neighboring governmental entities to discuss ideas for providing quality services and programs more cost effectively, including investigating the potential for consolidation of services.
- Finalize implementation of the new regional Interoperable Radio System.
- Support the city's Legislative Priority to reform current municipal pension systems.
Downtown and Riverwalk
- Implement the Downtown2030 Plan with the Downtown Advisory Commission.
- Continue to identify and implement parking strategies for the downtown using the Continuous Improvement Model.
- Review and consider recommendations from the Downtown Liquor Subcommittee and consider corresponding amendments to the Naperville Liquor Code.
City Services
- Address technology gaps identified through the citywide process evaluation.
- Review the city's leaf and brush collection policies to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
Transportation
- Evaluate alternative transit opportunities consistent with the Transportation Plan, and continue to measure the success and cost-effectiveness of transit projects.
- Identify and pursue funding for regional grade separations along the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad.
- Continue to aggressively support development and funding of the STAR Line.
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