All right.

All right.

Good afternoon.

I want to uh I guess welcome everybody to the February twenty third, two thousand twenty-six workshop for the Greenville City Council.

I'm Mayor P.

J.

Connelly.

I'll be presiding over the workshop.

First, I'll like call on our city clerk for the roll call.

Yes, sir.

Mayor Connelly.

Here.

Councilmember Hardy.

Here.

Councilmember Sully.

Here.

Council Member Robins.

Councilmember Willis.

Here.

All right.

All right.

Next we'll move on to the approval of the agenda.

Mr.

Manager.

Any recommendations?

So I have a motion to approve.

Seven.

Second.

Motion made by Councilmember Jones, second by Councilmember Scully.

All those in favor say aye.

Motion passes by zero.

Move right on to new business.

Mr.

Randler.

Thank you, Mayor.

Today we have a very important exercise for the city council.

This is the exercise of establishing the goals and priorities for the next two year period.

But nonetheless, this is one of the most important things that collectively the council gets to do together that shapes the tone moving forward of this entire city.

So when I say that it sets the tone for the city, it truly has a direct impact on what we do to be able to achieve moving the city forward.

And so today what we would like to do is uh to go back before you can go forward, you have to go back to what we have accomplished, taking a look at our current goals and priorities, take a look at what we have been accomplished over the last two year period.

At that point, then we will turn it back over to you to take a look at each one of those goals and priorities individually to see if there's any changes you want to make.

Do we want to basically reaffirm where we are, or do we want to go in a different direction?

Once council has made that determination of those goals, staff will then take that forward to create action steps of things that we will focus on as a city to achieve those goals and priorities, and then to start working on the next year's budget, which again will be just an overall view of those goals and priorities.

So to begin this process of the look back period, we will have our public information officer Brock Letchworth to give us an overview of the last year.

Alright.

Thank you, Mr.

Manager.

I had a nice opening written, and it was pretty much everything he just said, so I'm going to ignore that.

Yeah, so as he said, we're here today to um I'm here specifically to review the successes of the city over the past council term, uh, two years.

Uh, in doing so, I want to start by looking at what we currently have in place, the goals and mission statement established by the city council.

So your mission statement is the council outlining what the city's primary purpose is and provides a reflection of the values of the city council.

Uh yours reads as provide all citizens with high quality services in an open, inclusive, professional manner, ensuring a community of progress and excellence now and in the future.

Um with that comes the seven goals that we're going to walk through today.

And when you look at the goals, as the manager said, these really are the blueprint for everything we do as a city.

Each of our 13 departments use these goals as a guide for what they do on a day-to-day basis, and uh to review those really quickly.

Uh, the first one enhance community engagement, safety, wellness, and environmental responsibility.

Second one, deliver public infrastructural infrastructure improvements and execute existing opportunities related to transportation networks, recreation and parks, and stormwater projects.

Third, expand the economic hub of eastern North Carolina through proactive, responsible economic development and job creation.

Our fourth one is building a thriving and attractive community with affordable access to vibrant neighborhoods, expand artistic, cultural, and recreational opportunities, build a high performing, diverse organization governed with transparency and fiscal responsibility, and tell our story to the community and region, and then finally make Greenville a destination community and a place for all people to call home.

So, one thing I will say before I start getting into the accomplishments and the actions taken by staff is that so much of what we do is collaborative in nature.