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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 8 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Theresa Slominski – General Manager <br />MEETING DATE: <br />February 9, 2021 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />5.3 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Strategic Plan and 2020 Annual Business Plan Results <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Discussion on effectiveness of the Strategic Plan and the Annual Business Plan as organizational <br />health assessment and planning tools; discussion on ongoing improvement and progress <br />toward organizational mission and goals. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />In August 2017, the commission adopted a comprehensive manual of governance policies <br />based on the Carver Model of governance. Included in those governance policies is Governance <br />Policy G.2c Agenda Planning. This policy notes that in the first quarter “The Commission and <br />Management will review ERMU’s current Strategic Plan along with the results of the Annual <br />Business Plan for the preceding fiscal year.” This annual review was confirmed and scheduled <br />through the Commission’s adoption of the 2021 Governance Agenda, which is included in the <br />monthly commission meeting materials, and which is available to the public. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The Strategic Plan consists of Governance Policies G.1c-g. These policies are summarized on the <br />attached mission, vision, fundamentals, values, and planning themes handout. Additionally, the <br />Strategic Plan includes a dashboard of initiatives, a management tool used to: track project <br />preparation for consideration in the budget, oversee the status of currently implemented <br />projects, track future priorities currently on hold, and track overall productivity and <br />organizational resources. The Annual Business Plan consists of the budget and the schedule of <br />rates. <br /> <br />The purpose for the Strategic Plan is to establish the long-term direction and goals for an <br />organization and develop the plan to get there. The Strategic Plan is a long-term forward- <br />looking tool. The purpose of the Annual Business Plan is that of a tool used to measure <br />organizational performance and provide usable information to take corrective actions to move <br />the organization toward the long-term direction and goals established by the Strategic Plan. <br />The Annual Business Plan is a short-term forward-looking tool dependent upon backwards <br />looking data analysis. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />61