• 5. Operational Excellence
  • Imagine Baytown Community Scorecard
  • 1. Community Reputation & Image
  • 2. Infrastructure & Mobility
  • 3. Community Amenities
  • 4. Neighborhood Quality
  • 5. Operational Excellence
  • Objectives
  • Accomplishments
  • Better utilize technology to improve two-way communication with residents and improve internal strategic thinking.
  • Continue to invest in tools that empower employees to reduce waste and improve customer service.
  • Ensure the City and residents are prepared for the next emergency. (YR 2)
  • Continue improving the City's Development and Permitting processes. (YR 3)
  • Continue planning for new Police/Fire headquarters. (YR 2)
  • Continue moving the organizational culture forward. (YR 2)
  • Exercise visionary leadership in bringing solutions to complex challenges. (YR 4)
  • Foster positive relationships and trust in and outside our organization. (YR 4)
  • Bolster customer service and enhance relationships as such relates to building, permitting, and new business development. (YR 4)
  • Measures
  • Outcome Measure Dashboard
  • Overall Citizen Satisfaction Index
  • Citizen satisfaction with the overall quality of services provided by the city
  • Citizen satisfaction with the overall quality of customer service received from city employees
  • Citizen ratings of the overall value received for city tax dollars and fees
  • Number of employees who have completed Process Improvement & People Empowerment (PIPE) training
  • Innovation projects completed by City employees
  • Animal live release rate
  • Percentage of emergency medical service responses within 9 minutes
  • Percentage of cardiac arrest patients arriving to the hospital with a pulse
  • General fund revenue & expenditures versus budget
  • Initiatives
  • Implement internal/external customer service surveying and “secret shopper” program.
  • Teach “Lean” principles through yellow, green, and black belt training.
  • Fully develop and implement Baytown yoU.
  • Execute a plan for acquisition and storage of emergency supplies.
  • Make improvements to public notices (letters, website, street signage, etc.) that provide clearer information to residents.
  • Continue to support and bolster emergency preparedness community education programs.
  • Conduct roundtable discussions with permit stakeholders.
  • Develop and implement a community scorecard.
  • Fully implement the emergency response improvement plan developed in 2018.
  • Train employees to provide consistent and timely service to customers.
  • Continue to invest in GIS.
  • Develop a fiscal plan and timetable for a new police/fire headquarters.
  • Continue pursuing and implementing technology improvements.
  • Implement an asset management system to track city-wide assets and develop logical asset maintenance and replacement cycles.
  • Investigate public-private partnership possibilities associated with the construction of a new police/fire headquarters and, as part of this strategy, probe interest in broader development interest in and around the current campus.
  • Prepare the next generation of leaders through a structured curriculum of leadership training through Baytown yoU.
  • Provide a customer service module as part of Baytown yoU.
  • Develop a city wide succession plan.
  • Continue to improve processes from a customer-centric perspective.
  • Develop methodology for eliminating in-city municipal utility districts.
  • Continue to develop creative methodologies for PID/TIRZ utilization to incentivize investment in our community. (YR 4)
  • Collaborate with colleagues and external experts to build relationships and develop solutions to complex issues. Continue PIPE initiative. (YR 4)
  • Develop opportunities for regular Council visits of City facilities. (YR 4)
  • Pursue departmental credentialing and designations/awards that highlight City progress (i.e. - All American City, Scenic City, etc.) (YR 4)
  • Conduct roundtables and other face-to-face meetings with builders and developers to receive feedback and enhance mutual understanding of issues, code, and challenges. (YR 4)
  • Develop and implement a system of short surveys of those receiving permits to gauge satisfaction with process and level of customer service. (YR 4)
  • Implement a program of customer service training utilizing more tenured inspectors. (YR 4)

Initiatives

5. Operational Excellence
Strategies Owner Period Start Date End Date Milestones
Implement internal/external customer service surveying and “secret shopper” program.
NW
Nick Woolery (City Manager's Office)
Q4-19-20
10/1/17
9/30/18
 
Teach “Lean” principles through yellow, green, and black belt training.
NW
Nick Woolery (City Manager's Office)
Q4-19-20
10/1/17
9/30/18
 
Fully develop and implement Baytown yoU.
NW
Nick Woolery (City Manager's Office)
Q4-19-20
10/1/17
9/30/18
 
Execute a plan for acquisition and storage of emergency supplies.
KD
Kenny Dobson (Fire)
Sept-20
10/1/18
3/31/19
Evaluate and design storage space at the Massey-Tompkins water tower.
Acquire and install storage shelving.
Acquire a fork lift.
Acquire and store the new emergency supplies.
Move the current emergency supplies to Massey-Tompkins water tower.
Make improvements to public notices (letters, website, street signage, etc.) that provide clearer information to residents.
ND
Nathan Dietrich (Planning)
Q4-19-20
10/1/19
9/30/20
 
Continue to support and bolster emergency preparedness community education programs.
KD
Kenny Dobson (Fire)
Sept-20
10/1/18
3/31/19
 
Conduct roundtable discussions with permit stakeholders.
NW
Nick Woolery (City Manager's Office)
Q4-19-20
10/1/19
9/30/20
 
Develop and implement a community scorecard.
NW
Nick Woolery (City Manager's Office)
Q4-19-20
10/1/17
9/30/18
Insert Initiatives & Strategies
Insert Outcome Measures
Finalize Initiatives & Strategies
Finalize Outcome Measures
Complete FY18 Q1 Updates
Develop Community Scorecard
Fully implement the emergency response improvement plan developed in 2018.
KD
Kenny Dobson (Fire)
Sept-20
1/1/19
9/30/19
 
Train employees to provide consistent and timely service to customers.
NW
Nick Woolery (City Manager's Office)
Q4-19-20
10/1/19
9/30/20
 
Continue to invest in GIS.
ET
Ed Tomjack (ITS)
Q4-19-20
10/1/17
9/30/18
 
Develop a fiscal plan and timetable for a new police/fire headquarters.
RD
Rick Davis (City Manager's Office)
Sept-20
10/1/18
3/31/19
Develop legal agreement framework.
Evaluate industry partnership proposal.
Execute industry partnership agreement.
Continue pursuing and implementing technology improvements.
ET
Ed Tomjack (ITS)
Q4-19-20
10/1/19
9/30/20
 
Implement an asset management system to track city-wide assets and develop logical asset maintenance and replacement cycles.
FS
Frank Simoneaux (Public Works)
Q4-19-20
10/1/17
9/30/18
 
Investigate public-private partnership possibilities associated with the construction of a new police/fire headquarters and, as part of this strategy, probe interest in broader development interest in and around the current campus.
RD
Rick Davis (City Manager's Office)
Sept-20
10/1/18
12/31/18
Evaluate responses and draft a Request for Proposal (RFP).
Hold conversations with potential partners.
Investigate New Market Tax Credit possibilities.
Prepare the next generation of leaders through a structured curriculum of leadership training through Baytown yoU.
RP
Rachel Philo (City Manager's Office)
Sept-20
1/1/19
9/30/19
 
Provide a customer service module as part of Baytown yoU.
RP
Rachel Philo (City Manager's Office)
Sept-20
1/1/19
9/30/19
 
Develop a city wide succession plan.
CF
Carol Flynt (HR)
Sept-20
4/1/19
9/30/19
 
Continue to improve processes from a customer-centric perspective.
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Develop methodology for eliminating in-city municipal utility districts.
ND
Nathan Dietrich (Planning)
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Continue to develop creative methodologies for PID/TIRZ utilization to incentivize investment in our community. (YR 4)
BG
Bret Gardella (City Manager's Office)
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Collaborate with colleagues and external experts to build relationships and develop solutions to complex issues. Continue PIPE initiative. (YR 4)
CF
Carol Flynt (HR)
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Develop opportunities for regular Council visits of City facilities. (YR 4)
BM
Brian Moran
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Pursue departmental credentialing and designations/awards that highlight City progress (i.e. - All American City, Scenic City, etc.) (YR 4)
BM
Brian Moran
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Conduct roundtables and other face-to-face meetings with builders and developers to receive feedback and enhance mutual understanding of issues, code, and challenges. (YR 4)
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Develop and implement a system of short surveys of those receiving permits to gauge satisfaction with process and level of customer service. (YR 4)
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21
 
Implement a program of customer service training utilizing more tenured inspectors. (YR 4)
ND
Nathan Dietrich (Planning)
Sept-20
10/1/20
9/30/21