Efficient and Innovative Gilbert

Welcome. The Town of Gilbert begins the year 2011 with a strong vision for our bright future, and a Strategic Plan to sustain our current livability that has gained us the title as one of the Best Places to Live in the entire nation. The Town Council in December 2010 approved the Town's Strategic Plan which includes five strong Strategic Initiatives that will help guide the Town in decisions aimed at sustaining our current high quality of life and our good value to taxpayers through our build out, anticipated in the next 15 years. With a third of our Town left to grow, and an opportunity before us to embrace our role as an international leader in the medical and bio tech industries, this is an important time for Gilbert planning. We encourage you to be involved.

Town Council Strategic Planning Update

The Gilbert Town Council met in August to receive an update on improvements implemented and upcoming innovations as the Town strengthens its Strategic Plan effort. The PDFs attached demonstrate examples of improvements and future plans as we look forward to maintaining our quality of life as a premier community.

• · Town Council August 26-27, 2011 Minutes
• · 2011 Town Council Annual Planning Meeting
• · Business Development Presentation
• · Water Resources
• · Financial Policies and Planning
• · Leadership
• · Gilbert Gives

Planning with a Vision

• · Strategic Plan Update - 2012 Goals
• · Strategic Plan Update - 2011 Accomplishments
• · A Strategic Plan
• · Efficiency in Action
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Think Tank

• · Think Tank Executive Summary (1.2mb)
• · Think Tank Summary Report (1.2mb)
• · Think Tank Presentation by Dick Bowers
• · Think Tank Presentation by Collin DeWitt

Community Livability

Community Livability

The Town of Gilbert takes pride in being a community with a family focus, special welcoming feel, outstanding service delivery, and firm commitment to retain its defining characteristics while it continues to grow. This strategic initiative provides direction to include livability considerations in all decision-making and service delivery. Our motto is: "Gilbert: Clean, Safe, Vibrant".

Be a Technology Leader

Be a Technology Leader

Gilbert leaders place a high value on the potential for applied technology to improve service efficiency. While technology has a cost, it can be used to reduce expenses while expanding service to a growing population. This initiative directs the organization to seek technology improvement that can provide the greatest benefit for the investment. If all segments of service delivery embrace the intention to be a technology leader we will continually improve systems and results.

Rolling Five-Year Balanced Financial Plan

Rolling Five-Year Balanced Financial Plan

Financial information is critical to successful strategic planning. It is imperative to assure that projected financial capacity will provide sufficient resources to achieve the plan. A five-year balanced plan will allow for thoughtful examination of plans in parallel with revenues, with assumptions clearly stated it will provide for balanced considerations of revenue enhancers and/or expectation reductions. It is important for the public to have access to current financial data.

Proactively Address Infrastructure Needs

Proactively Address Infrastructure Needs

Gilbert will have a strong and effective infrastructure management system. A growing community must pay attention to infrastructure needs by planning for both the future expansion and the deterioration of existing infrastructure. This serves the residents, business and future economic development and contributes to community livability. We will create an infrastructure plan and management system that will support policy decision-making and inform administrative processes.

Economic Development with Primary Emphasis On Bio-Med/Life Sciences

Economic Development with Primary Emphasis On Bio-Med/Life Sciences

Gilbert is a community with significant opportunities for business development, special events and a variety of mixed-use development ideas. The Town Council wants to be well prepared for the recovering economy and encourage creative ideas that contribute to the community vision. It is important to develop a sound economic development plan identifying development clusters of preferred development characteristics and to set the policies and procedure to be business friendly in support of the Vision and Strategic Initiatives.