FY16 Department
Director Work and
Performance Plan
PETER ZEILER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MECKLENBURG COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Key Initiative #1
Description:
Review existing departmental programs and revise as necessary and as directed by Board of County
Commissioners, including the development of an Economic Development Policy for adoption by the BOCC.
Rationale:
Pursuant to the ‘Economic Development Proposed Action Plan’ adopted by BOCC in October 2014.
Completion Date:
September 1, 2015
Updates/Project Milestones:
Adoption of ED Policy
Outcome/Measures:
End of year reporting ONLY
• Brief statement on if the project addressed the issue it was intended to address. If so, how.
• Statement on if project was completed at or below budget (update at end of fiscal year). If not, why?
• Statement on whether or not performance metric goals were met.
Key Initiative #2
Description:
Strengthen and expand small business support programming through a benchmarking process.
Rationale:
Pursuant to the ‘Economic Development Proposed Action Plan’ adopted by BOCC in October 2014.
Completion Date:
March 1, 2016
Updates/Project Milestones:
Adoption of small business support plan by BOCC.
Outcome/Measures:
End of year reporting ONLY
• Brief statement on if the project addressed the issue it was intended to address. If so, how.
• Statement on if project was completed at or below budget (update at end of fiscal year). If not, why?
• Statement on whether or not performance metric goals were met.
Key Initiative #3
Description:
Strengthen and expand County support of workforce development activity through partnerships and
benchmarking.
Rationale:
Pursuant to the ‘Economic Development Proposed Action Plan’ adopted by BOCC in October 2014.
Completion Date:
June 1, 2016
Updates/Project Milestones:
Adoption of a workforce development policy by BOCC.
Outcome/Measures:
End of year reporting ONLY
• Brief statement on if the project addressed the issue it was intended to address. If so, how.
• Statement on if project was completed at or below budget (update at end of fiscal year). If not, why?
• Statement on whether or not performance metric goals were met.
Key Initiative #4
Description:
Departmental reorganization to expand staffing to perform core departmental processes and activities such as
evaluating grant requests, grant payments, scheduling, preparing documents and presentations for ED
Committee and BOCC meetings.
Rationale:
Pursuant to the ‘Economic Development Proposed Action Plan’ adopted by BOCC in October 2014.
Completion Date:
September 30, 2015
Updates/Project Milestones:
New staff on-boarded.
Outcome/Measures:
End of year reporting ONLY
• Brief statement on if the project addressed the issue it was intended to address. If so, how.
• Statement on if project was completed at or below budget (update at end of fiscal year). If not, why?
• Statement on whether or not performance metric goals were met.
Key Initiative #5
Description:
Utilization and mastery of REMI software to provide full impact analysis of proposed County grants.
Rationale:
Pursuant to the ‘Economic Development Proposed Action Plan’ adopted by BOCC in October 2014.
Completion Date:
September 30, 2016
Updates/Project Milestones:
Use of software on a regular basis when presenting to BOCC and CMO.
Outcome/Measures:
End of year reporting ONLY
• Brief statement on if the project addressed the issue it was intended to address. If so, how.
• Statement on if project was completed at or below budget (update at end of fiscal year). If not, why?
• Statement on whether or not performance metric goals were met.
Key Initiative #6
Description:
Create a 3-Year department strategic business plan that incorporates department initiatives (including those
aligned to Mecklenburg Livable Communities Plan), identifies upcoming business imperatives and links
initiatives to the budget process.
Rationale:
Department strategic business planning is essential to outlining departmental goals, strategies and measures that
will serve as the guiding document for budgeting from FY17-FY19.
Completion Date:
January 2016
Updates/Project Milestones:
August 2015: “Train-the-Facilitator” training
September 10, 2015: County Manager’s Strategic Planning Retreat
September – January 2016: Departments Draft Strategic Business plans
Outcome/Measures:
Successful completion of a 3-Year Strategic Business Plan for FY17-FY19