Goals and Objectives

Short Term Goals (To be completed by the end of FY 2011)

• COMMUNITY RATING SYSTEM
  Complete the steps necessary to move the Village from Class 5 to Class 4 of the Community Rating System under the National Flood Insurance Program for improved floodplain management and reduced property insurance premiums for residents.

• INVESTIGATE WATER METERING SYSTEM OPTIONS
  Investigate options for the water metering system since our current vendor is canceling production of a key component to our existing system. Consider the various costs and benefits to the available options.

• WATER & SEWER IMPROVEMENT CAPITAL FUND
  Develop a plan to develop a capital improvement fund in light of reduced water and sewer connection fee revenues.

• EMERALD ASH BORER
  Create an educational program that will help enlist residents and business owners in a comprehensive plan with the goal of reducing the effects of the Emerald Ash Borer on Village trees. Evaluate the use of treatments to healthy ash trees.

• STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
  Investigate the establishment of a stormwater management utility system including the use of fees for the management and maintenance of the system.

Long Term Goals

• SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY
  Investigate additional methods and alternatives to improve municipal operations with"green" initiatives which are economically and environmentally sound through education, research, and evaluation.

• EMERGENCY PLANNING
  Conduct annual exercises and evaluations of the Village's Emergency Response Plan.

• VILLAGE IDENTITY
  Implement the Corridor Identity Plan adopted in 2008 for landscape and hardscape improvements in the main transportation corridors in the Village including Route 22, Riverwoods Road, Milwaukee Avenue, Aptakisic Road, and Olde Half Day Road.