CITY WANTS YOUR TAKE ON OUR TARGETS

We are taking our  proposed performance measures and targets to the street, asking citizens to review and affirm the targets before they are used to guide decisions and measure the City’s performance going forward.

“It is important that citizens have an opportunity to provide their input on the level and focus of these performance targets,” says Catherine Gryba, General Manager of Corporate Performance. “City Council will consider citizen input when finalizing the targets. Once approved, these targets will influence decisions around policy and programs and serve as the yardstick against which we measure our City’s progress.”

We have provided two survey options on saskatoon.ca. Citizens can get involved and influence decisions by simply selecting the survey option most convenient for them based on their available time, preference and interest. The short survey can be completed in as little as five to 15 minutes. The detailed survey offers an opportunity to provide your input on more specific recommended targets which may take you 15 to 30 minutes.

“The short online survey offers an opportunity to identify how important each one of our 26 performance measures are to you,” Gryba says.  “All 26 performance measures are aimed at advancing the goals outlined in the City of Saskatoon’s 10-year Strategic Plan.”

The goals were identified through a community consultation process launched in 2010 called Saskatoon Speaks. Citizens shared their ideas and ambitions for the city through surveys, summits and community-level conversations.

The detailed online survey offers the opportunity for citizens to comment on the proposed 19 targets after reading more background information on:

• each performance measure
• the 19 proposed City targets
• how we are currently doing in the area
• how other cities are doing
• what we need to do to achieve the target
• the benefits and risk associated with the targets

Everyone is welcome to complete one or both surveys which will be open until Sunday, March 22, 2015.

A summary of survey responses, and other feedback, will be posted to saskatoon.ca after the results have been tabulated. Check out the Announcements on the homepage of saskatoon.ca for more details.

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