Council Goals

The City Council met in September 2009 to discuss goal setting.  While each Alderman and the Mayor expressed the importance of all City services, they selected twelve goal areas to focus attention.  These are in alphabetical order:

  • Affordable Housing
  • Budget Planning
  • Capital Improvement Program Planning
  • Climate Action Plan
  • Economic Development
  • Efficiency and Effectiveness of Services
  • Federal/State/Regional Government Affairs Agenda
  • Lakefront Development
  • Northwestern University
  • Police and Fire Pension Funding Issues
  • Robert Crown Center Improvements
  • Safety Issues

The Council selected subheadings the Capital Improvement goal (Street and Alley Infrastructure); Economic Development (Water Sales Issues and Neighborhood Revitalization) and Efficiency and Effectiveness of Services (Transparency of City Operations).