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Short-term initiatives for the upcoming year

They FY22 budget reflects the City’s response to changes in the environment in which it operates
and of the key initiatives that guided its development. These initiatives reflect the choices for the
fiscal year and are consistent with the City’s long-term policies.

Continue to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery
The Next Generation Leadership (NGL) program provides customer service and leadership
development training to employees throughout the organization. All employees are required to
attend a Business Culture Guiding Values training session in which participants are introduced to
the Grapevine method of (1) How We Treat People; (2)
How We Lead Our Employees; (3) How We Manage Our
Resources; (4) How We Make Decisions; and (5) How We
Confront Challenges.

The program was suspended in FY20 and again in FY21
due to COVID-19. Upon its resumption in FY22, a major
program enhancement will be the change to Even Years
Continuing Education / Odd Years New Class. This allows
us to provide continuing leadership education to people who have already completed NGL – the
alumni. The first year of continuing education for NGL alumni is expected to resume in January
2023. Previous classes have implemented capstone projects designed to increase efficiency and
effectiveness throughout the organization.

Continue to explore new ways to combat spiraling health care costs
The FY22 budget continues funding for programs geared toward reducing health care cost by
developing proactive approaches for assessment and prevention. Programs include Virgin Pulse
challenges, Naturally Slim, FitBits, Weight Watchers at Work, and financial incentives for smoking
cessation. Also included is the popular Lunch and Learn series, which covers a wide variety of topics
to promote health and wellness.

Continue to use excess reserves to invest in “Quality of Life” capital projects
The City Council has adopted the policy of maintaining a 20% fund balance in the General Fund.
All reserves in excess of the 20% threshold are to be transferred to the Quality of Life CIP fund at
fiscal year-end. Due to the pandemic, the transfer was suspended in FY20 and is not included in the
FY22 budget as well. To date, the General fund has made contributions in excess of $47 million to
the fund.

Continue to enhance tourism by promoting Grapevine as a “destination”
With the establishment of the CVB Incentives fund in 2015, the monies collected by the 1% addition
to the hotel/motel occupancy tax are segregated from other CVB funds and restricted for use to attract
new group business and new hotel room development as a part of our Economic Development
efforts. This fund is projected to generate $4.2 million in FY22.

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