TAMRMS#: B06
9.3
REQUEST FOR DECISION
title
Council Vision Mission and Values and 2026-2029 St. Albert Council Strategic Plan
Presented by: Mayor Olivieri
label
RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
recommendation
1. That the amended Council Policy C-CG-01 Council Vision Mission and Values, attached to the May 19, 2026 agenda report entitled “Council Vision Mission and Values and 2026-2029 St. Albert Council Strategic Plan” be approved.
2. That the amended Council Policy C-CG-02 City of St. Albert Council Strategic Plan, including the updated Schedule A, attached to the May 19, 2026 agenda report entitled “Council Vision Mission and Values and 2026-2029 St. Albert Council Strategic Plan” be approved.
body
SUMMARY
The purpose of the report is to present the new Council Vision, Mission and Values and City of St. Albert Council Strategic Plan 2026-2029 for Council’s approval.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
City Council Policy C-CG-02 - City of St. Albert Strategic Plan states that:
a. Council is responsible to develop a strategic plan and identify strategic priorities to Administration for their term.
b. The City of St. Albert Strategic Plan shall be recognized as the primary resource in the development of a corporate business plan, performance metrics and budgets.
c. The Corporate Business Plan shall be presented to Council for information when the City of St. Albert Strategic Plan is brought forward for approval.
d. Council shall review this policy following a general election, or more often at its discretion.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
As per Council Policy C-CG-02, Council is responsible for developing a strategic plan which, in addition to the Council approved Service Level Inventory, serves as direction for Administration during Council’s term.
The Council Strategic Plan is used to identify, prioritize, and plan initiatives that are documented in the Corporate Business Plan to indicate how Council established strategies will be advanced. The Corporate Business Plan is then used to inform proposed budget to ensure that Council priorities are advanced and achieved.
Strategic Planning Process
In preparation for a strategic planning session in February, members of Council met with Administration at the end of 2025 to discuss their priorities. This input was used to draft a Strategic Plan that would be workshopped during the strategic planning session.
Council held the strategic planning session on February 11th and 12th, 2026 to develop a new Strategic Plan following a general election in 2025. Administration attended the session to provide information and to understand Council’s priorities for their term.
Following Council’s strategic planning session, Administration reviewed, validated, and sequenced to continue to advance Council’s priorities. A draft of the Strategic Plan was circulated electronically to City Council for comment from March 26th to April 15th, 2026. The Strategic Plan was updated by Administration to reflect input collected through this process. Comments provided by different members of Council regarding targets for performance measures will be incorporated in the future once work on performance measures is brought back to Council for further discussion and direction.
The Policy was reviewed and updated with minor edits required. Schedule A has been replaced with the new Strategic Plan. Updates to Schedule B (performance measures for key strategic priority areas) were made to align with Council’s new Strategic Plan.
STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS OR ENGAGEMENT
Not applicable.
IMPACTS OF RECOMMENDATION(S)
Financial:
Funding requirements, if any, for the strategies identified within the Council Strategic Plan will be identified through the annual budgeting process and funding requests brought forward to Council with the proposed 2027-2028 budget. Advancing and completing some initiatives may be subject to the approval of capital charters and/or operating business cases.
Emergent initiatives that started or are starting in 2026 that may require funding outside of the 2026 approved budget may be brought to Council for funding sooner.
Compliance & Legal:
None at this time.
Program or Service:
Council’s Strategic Plan provides focus and prioritization for some of the programs and services delivered to the community.
Organizational:
Council’s Strategic Plan is the primary mechanism to direct the Administration in preparing and prioritizing initiatives outlined in the Corporate Business Plan and budget requirements to advance Council priorities. An ongoing review of the Corporate Business Plan is conducted to ensure that Administration is working on the right initiative at the right time and to align the plan with the organizational capacity.
Risks
The risk of competing priorities and organizational capacity will be managed with continued rationalization, prioritization and sequencing of projects to balance the resources between initiatives planned to advance Council’s Strategic Plan, on-going delivery of services to the community and Council’s requests through motions.
ALIGNMENT TO PRIORITIES IN COUNCIL’S STRATEGIC PLAN
The report brings forward the 2026-2029 Council Strategic Plan that provides information required to show the alignment of the agenda reports to Council priorities.
The Corporate Business Plan outlines initiatives planned over the next two years to continue to advance Council’s Strategic Plan, which provides further details for the alignment of priorities in Council’s Strategic Plan section of the agenda reports.
Initiative aligned with Strategic Plan:
Not Applicable
ALIGNMENT TO LEVELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
Strategic Planning - Facilitate the development of Council’s Strategic Plan and steward the plan on behalf of Council. Council’s Strategic Plan is developed following the municipal election and updated annually at Council’s discretion.
Corporate Business Planning - Steward the Corporate Business Plan and work with all Departments to ensure that they have the knowledge and tools they require to align their business planning processes to the strategic planning framework. The Corporate Business Plan is amended at the request of Executive Leadership to ensure Council priorities are achieved.
Corporate Performance - Assessment of how well the City of St. Albert executes its desired outcomes at strategic, corporate, program and department levels. Performance measures are developed at the strategic, corporate and department levels and are integrated into business planning and organizational reporting processes.
IMPACTS OF ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
None at this time.
body
Report Date: May 19, 2026
Author(s): Nicole Duley, Manager, Strategic Services
Department: Financial & Strategic Services
Department Director: Anne Victoor
Managing Director: Diane McMordie
Chief Administrative Officer: William Fletcher