Mayor Annette Ash unveils 10-year town vision and five OKRs to guide Mantua

Mayor Annette Ash presented a draft 10-year "Town Vision" during Mantua's Feb. 19 work session, proposing a framework and a performance dashboard to guide the town toward greater independence and self-reliance.

The mayor said the vision is meant to move Mantua from reacting to outside financial and operational pressures to a more self-directed posture. As part of the proposal, Ash introduced five Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) the town would use to measure progress: Independence & Self-Reliance; Fiscal Sustainability; Quality of Life; Managed Growth; and Infrastructure Resilience. The council record cites a current annual growth rate of about 4.7 percent under the "Managed Growth" objective.

The mayor showed a draft performance dashboard intended to track those OKRs and said the framework was inspired by the adoption-adoption concepts in Crossing the Chasm. The council was asked to review the draft vision or to prepare an alternative; the item is scheduled for the next quarterly work session in May for further consideration.

Council members did not record formal amendments or votes on the vision at the Feb. 19 work session; the record indicates the report and draft will return for additional review. The council and staff plan to use the dashboard metrics to assess whether proposed policies and projects align with the town's stated priorities.