Major Initiatives - Annual Action Agenda Each year the Board adopts a 15-year Strategic Plan that incorporates its Policy Agenda and Action items. That plan provides an opportunity to directly associate the goals of our strategic plan with the annual Financial Plan. In many instances, items selected for the Board Policy Agenda are explored more fully in a strategic plan year, and then become part of future strategic plans as Administration Agenda Items or within the Department Actions or Major Projects. This process ensures that Board driven strategic planning is prioritized as part of the budget process. Our community has seen major initiatives such as the Legacy Trail Extension, water quality, infrastructure improvements, and the future of County Administration locations move through the strategic planning process from Board priorities to departmental implementation. This is an essential component of aligning the Boardadopted Strategic Plan to the annual Financial Plan. The 2023 Strategic Plan identifies 13 Board Policy Items as the Board’s top priorities. The Board Policy Agenda Items include: Affordable Housing: What’s left Contracted Social Services Design Flood Evaluation: FEMA lowering base flood EDC Future Fruitville Expansion Phase 1 & 2 Health of the Bay: Midnight Pass and future openings Indoor Sport Facility Design-Employee Shelter Opportunity Jail Future State Review Opportunities for Increased Public Access to Preserve & Protected Lands South County Regional Park Planning South River Road South River Road Public/Private Partners SWFWMD Project Funding There are 235 actions identified in the 2023 Policy Item and Action Agenda. In each case, a department owner is responsible for the management of the action. Department owners work in collaboration with their counterparts to track and report action progress. Through this process, the organization is evolving to focus efforts on the strategic plan while continuously making improvements. Since the adoption of these priorities, the County has aligned work plans to emphasize efforts in these areas which are funded as part of the fiscal year 2023 Adopted Financial Plan. Awards and acknowledgements The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to Sarasota County for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022. This was the thirty-ninth consecutive year that Sarasota County received this prestigious award. In order to be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, a government must publish an easily readable and efficiently organized Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. This report satisfied both generally accepted accounting principles and applicable legal requirements. A Certificate of Achievement is valid for a period of one year only. We believe that our current Annual Comprehensive Financial Report continues to meet the Certificate of Achievement Program requirements and we will submit it to the GFOA to determine its eligibility for another certificate. 15
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