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CITY OF SAGINAW
STRATEGIC PLAN

2022-2023

City FY 2021-2022 FY 2021-2022 FY 2022-2023
Strategy Department Goal Department Achievement Department Goal
Administrative Services adopted a
Administrative Services adopt a tax property tax rate $0.508042 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 5% Administrative Services continue to
offer competitive salary and benefits in salary adjustments and offered multiple offer competitive salary and benefits in
order to hire and retain quality health insurance plan choices. order to hire and retain quality employees
employees in all departments. in all departments.

Adminiatrative Services control the cost Administrative Services offered Adminiatrative Services control the cost
of employee health insurance by multiple choices for health insurance of employee health insurance by
continuing to take competitive bids for coverage including a new HSA plan with continuing to take competitive bids for
these services and evaluate plan city contributions. 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
superior
services
Fire Save >90% of property values Fire 97.78% of estimated property Fire save >90% of property values
involved in a fire incident. Increase our values involved in a fire incident were
current ratio of 1.13 shift duty firefighters saved. With the increasing population we involved in a fire incident. Raise our
current ratio of 1.11 shift duty firefighters
per 1000 residents closer to 1.5. Lower have experienced a decrease in our FF per 1000 to 1.5. Lower our average
our average emergency response time to ratio per 1000 residents to 1.08. Our emergency response time to our goal of 4
our goal of 4 minutes, continue to train average response time within the city minutes, continue to train firefighters in
firefighters in latest methods, and was 4:52. 4807 hours of training was latest methods, and provide and maintain
provide and maintain necessary performed - an average of 165 per fire necessary equipment.
equipment. department staff member.

Fire We successfully obtained a $25,000
Fire annually seek alternative sources of firefighter equipment grant from the Fire annually seek alternative sources of
funding to maintain and/or increase TCESD#1. We successfully obtained a funding to maintain and/or increase
service capabilities and utilize interlocal $30,000 PPE grant utilizing Tarrant service capabilities and utilize interlocal
agreements to increase service with County ARPA funds. We received a agreements to increase service with
minimal financial impact. $4980 increase in our TCESD annual minimal financial impact.
contract agreement.

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