Last week I signed a Leadership Policy to endorse and promote the value and contributions of our dedicated City employees. That Policy created a Leadership Council that is tasked to enhance the value of City employees through leadership initiatives. Salt Lake City Corporation is its employees. With personnel costs making up 60% of the City's general revenue fund budget, taxpayers make a significant investment. We, as elected officials, along with City senior managers, must continuously find ways to enhance the value of the City's employees.

Working closely with the City's Chief Administrative Officer Lyn Creswell, Sam Guevara, the City's Human Resources Director, and all department directors, we will seek to provide effective and consistent leadership and supervision of employees; ensure accountability of employees, supervisors, and managers; share the responsibility for training and career development with City employees; engage employees in policy development, process improvement, and performance/readiness measures; provide a fair, respectful, cooperative, and safe work environment; celebrate success and achievement with City employees; and support employee work/life balance. I will work with the City's labor unions and employee representatives to achieve these objectives. Next year, and each year of my administration, I look forward to reporting to you how City employees provide service to the citizens, businesses, and visitors in Salt Lake City.

New Measures

In addition to carrying out the Leadership Policy, I am announcing today the introduction of two specific measures that are on the leading edge of municipal governance and accountability:

Salt Lake Solutions

The first is an initiative called Salt Lake Solutions. Salt Lake Solutions will engage all segments of our community. It is collaborative government, one that includes those affected by decisions, considers ideas and options, and arrives at public solutions based on healthy dialog and consensus. We have reorganized our Mayor's office, and, under the leadership of Karen Hale, we will bring in the skills and abilities to facilitate consensus-building efforts and integrate a solutions approach in City government.

Salt Lake Solutions will be led by a Steering Committee and guided by a set of Community Objectives. The Steering Committee will rally resources for community projects that otherwise would not be achieved without the integration of public and private support.

We will be open to suggestions from the public for Salt Lake Solutions projects. Projects will undergo rigorous assessment by the Mayor's office to ensure they further Community Objectives based on the vision for Salt Lake City I outlined during the campaign.

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