City Council adopts new strategic planning document

Recently, Merritt City Council adopted a new strategic planning focus areas document.

The new document addresses seven key focus areas for council.

• Economic Prosperity
• Sound Government Practice
• First Nations Reconciliation
• Active and Thriving Merritt
• A Safe and Resilient Community
• Infrastructure for the Future
• Environmental Sustainability

Each focus area then breaks down into multiple subsections.

“This document is the culmination of a number of different sessions with Council, brainstorming, and taking feedback from the public, in order to develop a road map through the end of 2022. The idea is that this would be a document that would transition through the next council,” said CAO Sean Smith.

“It`s not just a wish list. This is something we looked at and worked at at length to work together as a team to make this stuff happen for the City of Merritt,” added Mayor Linda Brown.

The full document can be read here – https://pub-merritt.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=5099