Board of Public Utilities reviews management-team SWOT and sets path for measurable objectives

The Board of Public Utilities convened a special strategic-planning workshop on Aug. 26 to review raw management-team SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) results and to reclassify strategic-plan objectives as either ongoing or measurable. Chair Gibson opened the meeting, noted the council had approved a gas rate increase and the ECA the night before, and the board approved the evening's agenda by voice vote.

Facilitator Kathy Darwin walked the board through the packet and the meeting format, which included two breakout groups charged with recommending which objectives should be measurable and how they should be tracked. After group reports, board members asked staff to prepare redlined and clean final copies of the edited plan for review next week. “This is your meeting,” facilitator Kathy Darwin told the board as she urged active participation in small groups.