What: narrowing a list of more than 100 ideas from council workshops to three to five strategic focus areas for the next 12 to 24 months.
Where it stands: councilors ranked ideas in a survey, leaving 51 items with at least one vote. Councilors asked to wait for a full council before more voting.
Next: staff will return with next steps, possibly rounds of voting to pick about 20 of the 51. The next meeting is 2026-11-10 - City Council.
Details
Items with the most shared support included public right-of-way cleanliness, traffic and pedestrian safety, airport development and expansion, zoning reform, revenue compliance, road maintenance and paving, sidewalks, parks and recreation, and historic preservation.
Budget transparency was added to the list at the meeting.
Projects already underway, such as the new fire station, continue regardless of the priority list.
Sources
YouTube auto-generated captions of the 2026-10-27 work session.
The city manager reminded council of a September 29 workshop on strategic prioritization, following several months of workshops that produced a long list of ideas, as council heads into budget season.