Boardman Plan | Priorities & goals

Trustees on Monday approved an updated Boardman Plan, a set of priorities and goals for the township. Some highlights:

Trustees/administration

Develop and implement effective communication with residents and community stakeholders.

Update as needed on a regular basis the capital improvement plan.

Explore regional cooperation with other communities.

Police

Attain a staff of 57 police officers by Dec. 31, 2014.

Proactive training and professional development opportunities.

Fire

Maintain operations of three fire stations.

Develop a plan for the renovation/relocation of U.S. Route 224 fire station and the fire prevention office.

Explore the feasibility of an in-house ambulance service.

Road

Provide availability to residents for drop-off compost materials.

Implement a road-repaving plan to ensure township roads don’t overextend their life expectancy.

Address flooding concerns with implementation of projects on the capital improvement plan.

Zoning

Proactive training and professional development opportunities.

Review neighborhood infrastructure.

Protect the integrity of the community.

Fiscal

Phase out reliance on the inheritance tax from the operations budget and move to create a capital-improvement fund.

Restructuring the budgeting process to give more authority and responsibility to department heads to manage their departments.

Create user-friendly finance reports for trustees and department heads to monitor expenses and revenue on a monthly basis.

Develop a five-year projection of revenues and expenses.

Source: Boardman Plan