SILER CITY — Commissioners held a special session meeting on Monday evening to hear a presentation about the town’s new strategic plan.
The board heard from Gary Jackson of McGill Associates — the firm contracted by the town to develop a draft strategic plan — and he laid out the groundwork to begin the drafting process. The plan will feature five strategic visions, with each vision having three to four goals.
Jackson met with town employees, elected officials, administrative staff, business owners and residents to evaluate what direction they wanted to see Siler City go. He said there seemed to be a lot of commonality between what elected officials and staff want to see, but it seemed staff feels they aren’t appreciated or compensated enough.
“When you ask employees to rate policy direction, almost entirely it’s about resource decisions,” Jackson said. “Is my program getting the funds needed? Am I being well compensated? Is there financial planning that’s going to help me to reward for my work ethic? So those are different questions and attributes having a policy direction.”
Commissioners will be given a draft strategic plan early in the new year for consideration.
Reporter Taylor Heeden can be reached at theeden@chathamnr.com or on Twitter at @HeedenTaylor.