Darien's Board of Selectmen has adopted the following Goals and Objectives for 2019-20
• Provide timely and effective delivery of public safety and health services
• Support law enforcement initiatives to maintain low crime rates while fostering respectful community relations
• Support volunteer fire service and best-practice emergency medical and dispatch services
• Support flood mitigation and sanitary sewer strategies that preserve and protect community assets
• Prioritize community wellness
• Preserve and enhance the quality of life that makes Darien a desirable hometown
• Acquire property for future town needs
• Support growth in commercial and residential tax base while maintaining desired small community qualities
• Support high quality public education and educational facilities
• Support local zoning regulations that encourage commercial development and housing choice for all demographic constituencies
• Protect historic and environmental resources
• Prioritize sustainable practices and policy development
• Provide cost effective services through prudent leadership and management
• Maintain active engagement in Regional and State Government to preserve local control
• Balance high quality town services with lowest possible tax rates
• Support public/private partnerships for public benefit
• Invest in technology to improve customer service and reduce costs
• Maintain and enhance town infrastructure
• Prioritize and support cyber security measures
• Improve transit, bike and pedestrian access throughout town and between neighboring towns
• Collaborate with town boards and commissions on analysis of impacts of new development on infrastructure and planning for necessary enhancements
• Support investments in storm and sanitary sewer system maintenance
• Partner with CTDOT and Metro North to improve train station and parking amenities
• Engage and inform our community and all stakeholders through transparent and effective communication
• Foster and role model timely, responsive, respectful and effective communication
• Utilize digital tools that allow taxpayer access to public data and information
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between town boards and commissions
• Promote a town organization that is sustainable and maintains employee productivity, effectiveness and morale
• Support employee diversity and retention strategies
• Support employee benefit policies that are fiscally sustainable
• Support municipal employee wellness
Adopted by the BOS 9/9/19
• Support law enforcement initiatives to maintain low crime rates while fostering respectful community relations
• Support volunteer fire service and best-practice emergency medical and dispatch services
• Support flood mitigation and sanitary sewer strategies that preserve and protect community assets
• Prioritize community wellness
• Preserve and enhance the quality of life that makes Darien a desirable hometown
• Acquire property for future town needs
• Support growth in commercial and residential tax base while maintaining desired small community qualities
• Support high quality public education and educational facilities
• Support local zoning regulations that encourage commercial development and housing choice for all demographic constituencies
• Protect historic and environmental resources
• Prioritize sustainable practices and policy development
• Provide cost effective services through prudent leadership and management
• Maintain active engagement in Regional and State Government to preserve local control
• Balance high quality town services with lowest possible tax rates
• Support public/private partnerships for public benefit
• Invest in technology to improve customer service and reduce costs
• Maintain and enhance town infrastructure
• Prioritize and support cyber security measures
• Improve transit, bike and pedestrian access throughout town and between neighboring towns
• Collaborate with town boards and commissions on analysis of impacts of new development on infrastructure and planning for necessary enhancements
• Support investments in storm and sanitary sewer system maintenance
• Partner with CTDOT and Metro North to improve train station and parking amenities
• Engage and inform our community and all stakeholders through transparent and effective communication
• Foster and role model timely, responsive, respectful and effective communication
• Utilize digital tools that allow taxpayer access to public data and information
• Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between town boards and commissions
• Promote a town organization that is sustainable and maintains employee productivity, effectiveness and morale
• Support employee diversity and retention strategies
• Support employee benefit policies that are fiscally sustainable
• Support municipal employee wellness
Adopted by the BOS 9/9/19
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