Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: Diana Ramirez, County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for discussion and appropriate action regarding the proposed five-year Harris County Strategic Plan.
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Background and Discussion:
In 2023, Commissioners Court embarked on the development of a five-year strategic plan to clearly communicate Harris County's direction to residents, stakeholders, and employees while increasing alignment between the County budget and Commissioners Court's priorities. Commissioners Court approved a strategic framework on April 23, 2024. The proposed strategic plan includes Harris County's vision, purpose, and guiding principles; six goals, 23 objectives, and 83 initiatives; and a wide range of metrics for tracking the state of Harris County as a community and the progress of our efforts.
The strategic planning process has been informed by one-on-one meetings with each Commissioners Court member, a special meeting of Commissioners Court held on April 1, 2024, numerous workshops and meetings with the Strategic Planning Committee-which consists of representatives from each Commissioners Court office-multiple meetings with and other feedback from leadership from OCA-reporting departments, workshops with "County Champions" from various County departments, a community survey, a County employee survey, charettes (collaborative community planning work sessions involving community stakeholder individuals and organizations) hosted individually by each member of Commissioners Court, and workgroup sessions with subject matter experts for each of the six strategic goal to...
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