On January 29, 2016, the La Palma City Council conducted its annual Strategic Planning and Goal Setting Session. The City Council discussed a variety of issues, with the following goals being set as a result of those discussions:
Attain Fiscal Sustainability while maintaining frontline services
- Continue to look for reductions in expenditures where possible and utilize reserves to finish the FY 2015-16 year and prepare the FY 2016-17 Budget anticipating the use of reserves
- Community Services – Identify Opportunities for shared services
- Suspend Run 4 Fun; Eliminate La Palma Days; Reduce Concerts in the Park to one event in conjunction with Civic Expo
Reduce City Water Usage by at Least 20%
Complete Labor Negotiations for 2015 and 2017
School District Boundaries
Engage in Proactive Economic Development
- Take steps to eliminate the Planning Commission and appoint City Council as body to hear land use issues
- Provide the City Council a Quarterly Economic Activity Report
Enhance Public Communication
- Research revenue options and hire a public communications consultant
- Conduct the State of City in a town hall format
Complete Police Department Assessment of Operations and Assessment of Outside Services
- Keep Interim through end of year
- Explore Contracting Shared Services
- Determine if shared services with West Cities Police Communications is an option for dispatch services