Goals and Objectives and Council Policies
Auburn Hills City Council 2025 Strategic Goals & Objectives
I. Focus relentlessly on fiscal and operational sustainability
- Pursue creative opportunities to fund projects
- Effectively leverage existing resources (such as managing workloads and using resources to pursue grants)
- Plan for infrastructure development & maintenance
- Act nimbly, anticipating needs
- Leverage opportunities created through external partnerships
- Plan for the sunset of TIF revenue in Dec 2031 and the DDA tax capture sunset
- Require consistent departmental budget implementation & accountability
II. Deliver outstanding city services
- Continue to address public safety concerns associated with hotels
- Plan for investing in pedestrian facilities
- Investigate methods to assess quality of City services
- Effectively manage stormwater
- Educate residents about transportation options
- Deliver outstanding public safety
- Respond to the needs of seniors
- Investigate building a fuel island & vehicle storage on the City campus
- Explore developing an accessible playground
III. Drive strategic community development
- Plan for redevelopment opportunities and incentivizing redevelopment
- Engage with the City Council in a workshop to establish direction for land use
- Plan for potential changes with existing commercial properties
- Pursue strategic traffic improvements
IV. Continue to grow and support a vibrant, sustainable, safe & connected community
- Continue to keep Auburn Hills friendly and livable for all ages
- Review transportation & mobility ordinances to serve resident needs
- Become more digitally connected with the community
- Leverage to the greatest degree our natural resources, parks, & pathways
V. Retain & attract high quality employees
- Maintain and grow a talented, customer-focused workforce
- Develop strategies for attracting and retaining employees, by city department
- Invest in employees through ongoing training & development
- Focus continuously on succession & business continuity planning