The City of Fairfax’s first organizational strategic plan is the product of many hours of intense, focused discussions among members of the city’s senior leadership team, with input from departmental staff. The plan builds on the city’s long tradition of civil service and is a commitment to thoughtful leadership, prudent spending, and accountability. Starting in October 2022, city staff began meeting regularly to develop a plan that guides resource allocation and the delivery of city services, advances City Council’s two-year goals, and makes meaningful strides toward realizing the long-term goals in the city’s comprehensive plan, Livable Fairfax. 

City Council’s adopted 2023-24 strategic goals target economic development, environmental sustainability/stewardship, community, transportation, and governance and each goal is accompanied by priority action items to achieve positive outcomes for city residents, business owners and visitors. To use a flight analogy, the challenge to staff is how to land City Council’s plane by identifying specific objectives and the strategies to achieve Council goals through day-to-day responsibilities. This organizational strategic plan, our flight plan, ensures we will arrive where we need to go. 

The organizational strategic plan is a companion to the comprehensive plan, and together they provide a firm foundation upon which to build more detailed neighborhood and special purpose plans, develop the annual budget and the multiyear capital improvement program, and implement regulations, ordinances, and other associated public policies and initiatives.