Strategic Planning

www.monroecounty-fl.gov/strategicplanning

The Office of Strategic Planning develops plans and initiatives for greater government accountability, organizational efficiency, and continuous improvement.

The office manages the County’s strategic and tactical planning processes along with a performance-based measurement system. The long-range Strategic Plan details the BOCC’s priorities for the challenges facing our community with the purpose of deliberately shaping our community’s future, while the annual Tactical Plan aligns individual Departments’ efforts with the County’s strategic priorities and objectives. The county's performance measurement reporting creates a transparent, accountable, and meaningful process that will result in positive Community and organizational improvement.

Strategic Planning began the process of a Countywide community feedback in the spring of 2022. The process included online surveys, social media feedback, facilitated town halls meetings, and community group presentations. In 2023, the feedback from the process will be incorporated into a refresh of the goals and objectives of the ongoing BOCC Strategic Plan and provide insight for the Tactical and Management Plans.

In March 2019, the Commission adopted the five-year 2020 Monroe County Strategic Plan, created using 18 months of intensive research and feedback from the community collected before and after Hurricane Irma in 2017. The Plan’s priorities and direction for County services are turned into action in the FY2021 Tactical Plan and supported through the FY21 budget process. The plan outlines specific areas of concern and priority in the three areas of Quality of Life, Economy, and Environment, which can be seen on page 6.

In the spring of 2021, Strategic Planning held five town hall meetings and gathered new community feedback. The results saw Transportation and Safety on U.S. 1 rise to the number one issue for those who responded. The BOCC reaffirmed the priorities outlined in the 2020-2025 Strategic Plan in a special meeting in May and those priorities were utilized in the County’s budget preparation for FY22. This insight helped create a Transit department for the County to focus on traffic issues.

Senior Director

Kimberly Matthews

305-587-3683 tthews-Kimberly@ monroecounty-fl.gov

Employees: 1

As a part of the strategic planning process, Matthews speaks with community groups throughout the Florida Keys.

Results of the process continue to show that Traffic and Safety on U.S. 1 is a primary priority. Issues involving public transportation ranked high in all the feedback.