FEBRUARY 2024
RIVERTON REVIEW Official Newsletter of the Riverton, Utah City Government MAYOR’S MESSAGE
Strategic Planning Enables our Success By Mayor Trent Staggs Thorough strategic planning is one of the secrets that makes Riverton City so successful. Our detailed planning has ensured economic vitality and robust growth under careful management. This past month, all city council members, city department heads, and I revisited our long-range plans for the city.
There are four main themes in Riverton’s Strategic Priorities that help guide elected officials in aligning city resources with our community’s needs.
The first is a “Sense of Community.” This priority has helped us ensure our community maintains an identity as the southwest part of the Salt Lake Valley continues These yearly meetings help us to grow rapidly. As prioritize goals and projects identified by our residents from the citizen Riverton residents Riverton City’s elected officials and executive staff convened on Saturday, January 20, 2024, find themselves in to deliberate on the city’s Strategic Plan and chart the course for its future direction. survey. We hear you, and we are the middle of all this actively implementing your ideas erton City better than we found it for this business center. We strive to growth, it’s vitally important that the and suggestions into our plans. Our the next generation. This involves maintain our reputation as being city maintains strong communication government strives to be a governimproving and expanding the city’s one of the most business-friendly channels with everyone. ment of, for, and by the people of water resources and guaranteeing cities in the state of Utah. Riverton. The survey long-term stewardship of capital asThe second and is one tool that enWith growth comes a tremendous sets of the city. Financially, this prithird themes are sures the taxpayers’ responsibility to ensure our infraority mandates we save enough for “Connectivity & voices are heard in “These yearly structure is kept up. Residents corrainy days that will ensure our city Infrastructure” and this important planrectly identified traffic congestion as can weather future economic storms meetings help us “Economic Develning process. a challenge Riverton City needs to or other unforeseen challenges. prioritize goals and opment.” These confront. Our city staff and elected are two distinct In this daylong meetThese fiscally responsible and projects identified responsibilities that officials are hard at work negotiating, we discussed prudent strategic priorities have ing remedies with state and local also go hand in nearly every aspect by our residents served Riverton City well and are partners. The nature of our city’s hand. The sucof city government. keeping the city on the path of boundaries will require us to ensure from the citizen cess of Mountain Both our successcontinued success. I am very proud our road maintenance is carefully View Village is the es and setbacks survey.” of what our elected officials and city observed and maintained. envy of the valley are contemplated staff have achieved. Our success and will benefit and reviewed. The The last theme of our Strategic proves that the Riverton model of Riverton City for lodestar of Riverton Priorities is “Sustainability.” This obliving within our means and planning City’s planning is our Strategic Prior- generations to come. Residents’ tax jective is focused exclusively on the for the future are principles that all burdens are reduced significantly ities, which every resident should responsibility we have to leave Rivshould follow. due to the successful planning of familiarize themselves with.
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