Central Point Strategic Plan

The City of Central Point developed this Strategic Plan to articulate the mission, vision, values, and goals of its residents, businesses, and public agencies to more effectively serve those living-in, working-in, or doing business with the City of Central Point. The strategic plan charts a course for the City in response to an assessment of current conditions and anticipated changes within the City, Jackson County, and the Rogue Valley. The 2040 Strategic Plan was enriched by the perspectives of residents, community leaders, and elected officials.

The City Council’s primary goal in preparing this plan was to guide future decision-making as the community grows and changes. Central Point provides its residents with services protecting health, safety, and welfare, including police services, safe drinking water, and stormwater quality. Additionally, the City offers building and planning services, which helps manage smart growth, and supports a more substantial tax base through economic development. Other services are not considered essential; however, they target increased quality of life through recreation programs, park facilities, streetscapes, public art, and educational programs.

The Central Point City Council is made of citizens who are elected by residents to make policy decisions. These decisions are usually based on information that is assembled by City staff. The staff is also responsible for implementing the Council’s policy direction, measuring progress, and providing feedback to the Council and Community on how well the City is doing reaching its goals and objectives.

How the Council Will Use the 2040 Strategic Plan
For the Council to set priorities, it needs input into what issues are worthy of attention, the nature of those issues, and the City’s ability—financially and politically—to adequately address each of them. Moving forward, the City Council will establish budgetary goals on two-year cycles (aligning with the biennial budget) that are derived from the 2040 strategic plan. These budgetary goals will not only include high profile capital projects but will consist of operational oversight targets and the tracking of multi-year projects.