2008_0609_packet - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

Finance Department Executive Summary The 2009 -2013 Strategic Plan for the Finance Department is hereby submitted. The Strategic Plan has been developed in accordance With the Department's overall mission and long-term vision as Well as the recently completed Imagine Roseville 2025 process. Within this framework, the Department has established goals and priorities that Will guide the allocation of resources and operational decisions. The Finance Department's mission is: To provide support systems that maximizes taxpayer value and ensures public confidence This mission reflects the Department's general internal support responsibilities including the finance and accounting function and the information technology function. It also reflects the Department's advocacy for external services that create greater economies of scale such as our IT partnerships with other cities; or services that provide surplus monies such as the License Center, that can offset city costs in other programs. In support of this mission, the Department has established the following vision statements: ❑ To maintain a professional work environment at all times ❑ To promote integrity in all actions and decisions by upholding industry best practices ❑ To encourage accountability and responsibility among all employees by rewarding honesty and acknowledging personal improvement ❑ To instill a culture based on ethics -based decisions and actions ❑ To advance the expectation that new efficiencies are incumbent to our success ❑ To support entrepreneurial ideas and initiatives that create new support systems and enhance taxpayer value In conjunction with the Department's mission and vision, the Finance Department has developed the following long-term goals and priorities: 1) Maintain a bond rating that places the City in the top 10% of all municipalities nationwide 2) Design and maintain a network of information systems that fosters an efficient and effective service delivery process 3) Establish and maintain a regulatory function that ensures the health, safety, and welfare of citizens that is balanced with the interests of businesses 4) Pursue partnership opportunities with other governmental agencies and explore public /private initiatives These goals and priorities will provide a guide in making resource allocation decisions for the future budgets, and in balancing departmental employee duties and responsibilities. 11