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CITY OF SAGINAW
STRATEGIC PLAN

2021-2022

City FY 2020-2021 FY 2020-2021 FY 2021-2022
Strategy Department Goal Department Achievement Department Goal
Administrative Services adopted a
Administrative Services adopt a tax property tax rate $0.479516 that Administrative Services adopt a tax rate
rate that allows us to maintain current generated the property tax revenue that allows us to maintain current services
services and staffing levels. sufficient to fund operations, as well as, and staffing levels.
debt service payments.
Administrative Services continue to Administrative Services funded salary Administrative Services continue to
offer competitive salary and benefits in adjustments and maintained the low cost offer competitive salary and benefits in
order to hire and retain quality of health insurance coverage while order to hire and retain quality employees
employees in all departments. sustaining benefit levels and plan choice. in all departments.

Adminiatrative Services control the cost Administrative Services is in the Adminiatrative Services control the cost
of employee health insurance by second year of a two-year agreement of employee health insurance by
continuing to take competitive bids for with Cigna that has provided health continuing to take competitive bids for
these services and evaluate plan insurance at a low cost. these services and evaluate plan options.
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).
Municipal Court process and administer Municipal Court processed citations Municipal Court process and administer
all Court matters in an efficient, timely all Court matters in an efficient, timely
Maintain a manner while establishing, maintaining, daily, magisterial warnings and manner while establishing, maintaining,
financially observing, and enforcing high standards Emergency Protective Orders within 48 observing, and enforcing high standards
sound City of conduct. hours of arrest. of conduct.
providing Fire We successfully saved 96.87% of
superior building properties involved in a fire
services incident while losing 100% of passenger
Fire Save >90% of property values vehicles involved in a fire incident.With Fire save >90% of property values
involved in a fire incident. Increase our
current ratio of 1.16 shift duty firefighters our rapid population growth our current involved in a fire incident. Raise our
ration of firefighters per 1000 residents
current ratio of 1.16 shift duty firefighters
per 1000 residents closer to 1.5. Lower was reduced to 1.08. We had an per 1000 to 1.5. Lower our average
our average emergency response time to average emergency response time of emergency response time to our goal of 4
our goal of 4 minutes, continue to train 5:07 minutes and completed 3983 hours minutes, continue to train firefighters in
firefighters in latest methods, and of training. We established shift Battalion latest methods, and provide and maintain
provide and maintain necessary Chief positions and added three necessary equipment.
equipment.
Lieutenant rank positions enhancing our
supervisory capacity and operational
safety.
Fire received $25,000 in grant funding
and continue to evolve our aid
partnership with the City of Fort Worth
Fire annually seek alternative sources of Fire Department leveraging their larger Fire annually seek alternative sources of
funding to maintain and/or increase force, close proximity and technical and funding to maintain and/or increase
service capabilities and utilize interlocal specialty resource capabilities. We service capabilities and utilize interlocal
agreements to increase service with partnered with the City of Lake Worth to agreements to increase service with
minimal financial impact. minimal financial impact.
equally share and fund a newly created
Emergency Management Coordinator
position.

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