COACHELLA VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT

Special Board of Trustees Meeting for Strategic Planning

Indian Palms Country Club, 48630 Monroe Street, Indio, CA 92201

 

October 20, 2007

 

Call To Order:

President Duran called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

 

Roll Call:

Those present at roll call: President Duran, Vice President Fuschetti, Secretary/Treasurer Underwood, Trustees Henderson, Howell, Laflin, Lock, Nigosian, and Walker.  Also present were General Manager Donald Gomsi, Assistant to the General Manager Diane Glanz,  Administrative Assistant Anita Jones, Scientific Operations Manager Branka Lothrop, PhD, Operations Manager James Saulnier, Finance Administrator David I’Anson, Fleet/Facilities Supervisor Schroeder, Vector Control Technician Martinez, and Legal Counsel Lisa Copeland. Absent were Trustees Baker and Macknicki.

 

1.                  CONTINUED - Strategic Planning Session with District Consultants

 

2.                  Public Comment

None

 

3.         Review of Vision and Underlying Contradictions

            Milan Hamilton presented a recap of the October 19, 2007, workshop.  He then continued on with Public Relations/Communications.

 

4.         Strategic Directions Workshop:

What are the innovative, substantial actions we can take to address the contradictions and move us toward our vision?

Organize strategic directions:

1.      Empowering & engaging our employees.

2.      Positioning ourselves for excellence.

3.      Building trust and unity.

 

Discussion took place identifying innovative ways to move the District towards its vision.

 

Break

 

5.         Year One Accomplishments:  

What are the measurable one-year accomplishments for each Strategic Direction?

 

Working Lunch

 

Year One Accomplishments, cont.:

Measurable outcomes were identified to gauge progress being made.

 

6.         Quarterly Calendar: 

By when does each accomplishment need to be completed?

            Focus groups convened to determine completion dates for projects.

7.                  Assignments: 

Who will work on and be responsible for each accomplishment?

Teams and team leaders were named for each project to be accomplished.

 

8.         Action Plans for Quarterly Accomplishments:

 

9.         Coordination Plan for Effective Implementation:

            Current reality to where we are going: how to know if we accomplished our goals.

 

10.       Closing Reflection:

            “What do we need to accomplish in the first year for each strategic direction?”

 

11.       CLOSED SESSIONS:

None

 

12.       Adjournment

President Duran adjourned the meeting at 4:12 p.m.