Trustees debate edits to Whitefish Bay strategic plan and agree to offline revisions

Whitefish Bay — The Village Board received a draft strategic plan on Aug. 5, discussed wording and metric choices, and deferred final adoption to allow staff and trustees to agree on edits.

Corey (staff) presented vision, mission, values, targets and key outcome indicators assembled from a recent retreat and staff work. Trustees and staff debated metric selection and consistency (for example, whether grants should be measured by number or total dollars and whether targets should be outcome- or activity-focused). Trustees also discussed public-safety education targets, workplace/staffing indicators (time-to-fill and vacancy metrics), and the scope and measurability of suggested tracking methods.

Board action: Trustees agreed to table the plan for minor revisions and to permit staff to circulate a revised draft for offline review and a likely vote at a subsequent meeting. Several trustees asked that staff provide a clean, revised version that makes the indicators and outcomes consistent and that clarifies which parties will run or partner on listed initiatives.

What’s next: Staff will implement textual edits, resolve inconsistencies and return a revised draft for board consideration. The board did not adopt the plan on Aug. 5.