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CITY OF SAGINAW
STRATEGIC PLAN

2019-2020

City FY 2018-2019 FY 2018-2019 FY 2019-2020
Strategy Department Goal Department Achievement Department Goal
Administrative Services adopted a
Administrative Services adopt a
property tax rate that maintains current property tax rate $0.459000 that generated Administrative Services adopt a tax rate
the property tax revenue sufficient to fund
that allows us to maintain current services
service and staffing levels and covers operations, as well as, debt service and staffing levels.
voter approved debt service requirements.
payments.
Administrative Services continue to Administrative Services funded a 3% Administrative Services continue to
offer competitive salary and benefits in salary adjustment and a full year of offer competitive salary and benefits in
order to hire and retain quality employees funding for the TMRS contribution that order to hire and retain quality employees
in all departments. was increased in the previous year. in all departments.

Administrative Services control the cost Administrative Services offered multiple Adminiatrative Services control the cost
of employee health insurance by health insurance plan options to allow of employee health insurance by
continuing to take competitive bids for each employee to determine the continuing to take competitive bids for
these services and evaluate plan options. cost/benefit based on their needs. these services and evaluate plan options.

Administrative Services maintain Administrative Services maintained Administrative Services maintain
emergency reserves per the adopted emergency reserves per the adopted emergency reserves per the adopted
policy. policy. policy.

Administrative Services maintained
Administrative Services maintain the bond rating of Aa3 from Moody's and AA Administrative Services maintain the
Maintain a city's bond ratings and legal debt margin (Stable) from Standard and Poor's; city's bond ratings and legal debt margin
financially per the adopted policies. W/WW revenue bond rating remains AA per the adopted policies.
sound City (Stable).
providing Municipal Court process and administer Municipal Court Municipal Court process and administer
superior all Court matters in an efficient, timely processed citations all Court matters in an efficient, timely
services manner while establishing, maintaining, daily, magisterial warnings and Emergency manner while establishing, maintaining,
observing, and enforcing high standards of Protective Orders within 48 hours of observing, and enforcing high standards of
arrest.
conduct. conduct.
Fire we successfully saved 97.15% of
property values involved in a fire incident.
Fire save >90% of property values Fire save >90% of property values
involved in a fire incident. Raise our We increased our current ratio of 1.12 involved in a fire incident. Raise our
current ratio of 1.08 shift duty firefighters shift duty firefighters per 1000 residents to current ratio of 1.15 shift duty firefighters
1.16. We had an average emergency
per 1000 to 1.5. Lower our average response time 4:51 minutes and per 1000 to 1.5. Lower our average
emergency response time to our goal of 4 completed 4296 hours of training. We emergency response time to our goal of 4
minutes, continue to train firefighters in competed migration to a new public safety minutes, continue to train firefighters in
latest methods, and provide and maintain radio system, replaced our SCBA latest methods, and provide and maintain
necessary equipment. necessary equipment.
equipment and placed a new light rescue
vehicle in service.
Fire annually seek alternative sources of Fire we received at total of $31,500 in Fire annually seek alternative sources of
funding to maintain and/or increase grant funding. We successfully exercised funding to maintain and/or increase
service capabilities and utilize interlocal and maintained the numerous interlocal service capabilities and utilize interlocal
agreements to increase service with agreements with local, regional and state agreements to increase service with
minimal financial impact. wide partner agencies. minimal financial impact.
Police continue holding two Citizen Police
Police continue holding two Citizen Police Police CPA classes were successful with Academies. Conduct two Junior Police
Academies (Basic/Advanced). Conduct the Basic class enrolling the largest citizen Academies. Increase citizen contacts at
one youth CPA. Continue community group ever. Conducted two Junior Police events and public places, i.e. park, school
based activities (National Night Out, Academies. Participated in nine National
neighborhood watches, etc.) Continue to Night Out neighborhood events and four and neighborhood events. Continue to
emphasize training. Reduce response
emphasize training. Coffee With a Cop events.
times in District 3.

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