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Board of Public Utilities Input for the Department of Public Utilities Upcoming Strategic Planning Workshop for FY2019 and the Annual Review of the Mission, Vision and Values
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On August 28th & 29th, the Department of Public Utilities Senior Management Team is planning to hold its annual two-day staff workshop for fiscal year 2019 strategic planning. The purpose of the workshop is to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities for improvement, threats and challenges (SWOT/C). From this assessment, previously established goals and objectives are reviewed and revised if necessary and preliminary short-term action plans for the next fiscal year are drafted. The goals and objectives are then brought to the Board for approval in September or October. As in past years, the department will work with a consultant experienced in the Malcolm Baldridge model for strategic planning. The consultant assists with workshop preparations and acts as facilitator during the meeting.
As always, Board members are invited to attend part or all of the workshop as observers as they have in the past; however, in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, any discussion of public business among a quorum of the Board must be held as an open public meeting. At the June meeting, the Board decided to discuss this at the August meeting to provide input prior to the workshop.
The Mission, Vision and Value (MVV) statements and the previously approved DPU Goals and Objectives were sent to the Board for review on July 26th. They are both attached for reference.
During the 2014 Board self-assessment, the Board decided that it should assume increased ownership and responsibility for the MVV statements. Prior to the workshop, the Board should review the current MVV statements that were approved in 2016, affirm them as-is through general consensus, suggest changes or give additional feedback to staff. The Board may also provide f...
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