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CITY OF SAGINAW
STRATEGIC PLAN
2020-2021

City FY 2019-2020 FY 2019-2020 FY 2020-2021
Strategy Department Goal Department Achievement Department Goal
Administrative Services adopted a
Administrative Services adopt a tax rate property tax rate $0.461579 that generated Administrative Services adopt a tax rate
that allows us to maintain current services the property tax revenue sufficient to fund that allows us to maintain current services
and staffing levels. operations, as well as, debt service and staffing levels.
payments.
Administrative Services continue to Administrative Services funded a 3% Administrative Services continue to
offer competitive salary and benefits in salary adjustment and reduced the cost of offer competitive salary and benefits in
order to hire and retain quality employees health insurance coverage while order to hire and retain quality employees
in all departments. maintaining benefit levels and plan choice. in all departments.

Administrative Services changed
Adminiatrative Services control the cost insurance brokers and process to realize Adminiatrative Services control the cost
of employee health insurance by savings in cost of insurance, achieve a two of employee health insurance by
continuing to take competitive bids for year rate guarantee, and offer alternate continuing to take competitive bids for
these services and evaluate plan options. these services and evaluate plan options.
coverage 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
city's bond ratings and legal debt margin (Stable) from Standard and Poor's; city's bond ratings and legal debt margin
per the adopted policies. W/WW revenue bond rating remains AA per the adopted policies.
(Stable).
Maintain a
financially Municipal Court process and administer Municipal Court process and administer
sound City all Court matters in an efficient, timely Municipal Court processed citations all Court matters in an efficient, timely
daily, magisterial warnings and Emergency
providing manner while establishing, maintaining, Protective Orders within 48 hours of manner while establishing, maintaining,
superior observing, and enforcing high standards of arrest. observing, and enforcing high standards of
services conduct. conduct.
Fire Property valued at $2,471,357 was
Fire save >90% of property values involved in a fire incident. $2,305,455 was Fire save >90% of property values
involved in a fire incident. Raise our saved (93.29%). Our current ratio of shift involved in a fire incident. Raise our
current ratio of 1.15 shift duty firefighters duty FFs (26) per 1000 residents is 1.12 current ratio of 1.16 shift duty firefighters
per 1000 to 1.5. Lower our average (Est Population 23,090). Average per 1000 to 1.5. Lower our average
emergency response time to our goal of 4 emergency response time for 2019-2020 emergency response time to our goal of 4
minutes, continue to train firefighters in was 4:59. 3,278 hours of training in minutes, continue to train firefighters in
latest methods, and provide and maintain multiple disciplines and content areas was latest methods, and provide and maintain
necessary equipment. necessary equipment.
conducted for 2019-2020.

Fire We applied for and received a
$25,000 grant from TC ESD #1. We
Fire annually seek alternative sources of received $9,051 from Medstar for EPCR Fire annually seek alternative sources of
funding to maintain and/or increase program. An ILA with Lake Worth for 50% funding to maintain and/or increase
service capabilities and utilize interlocal shared funding for an EMC positon was service capabilities and utilize interlocal
agreements to increase service with accomplished. Our partnership with Ft. agreements to increase service with
minimal financial impact. minimal financial impact.
Worth FD was increased through a fire
dispatching agreement and aid services.
Police continue holding two Citizen Police Police Social distancing restrictions Police continue holding two Citizen Police
Academies. Conduct two Junior Police resulted in cancellation of Academies, Academies. Conduct two Junior Police
Academies. Increase citizen contacts at other events, and daily self-initiated Academies. Increase citizen contacts at
events and public places, i.e. park, school contacts. We hope to return to these goals events and public places, i.e. park, school
and neighborhood events. Continue to when restrictions are lifted. We were able and neighborhood events. Continue to
emphasize training. Reduce response to strengthen realtions with EMS schools emphasize training.
times in District 3. before closing.

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