Council adopts communications plan for city
September 2, 2010
By Staff
The City Council adopted a Communications Strategic Plan by a unanimous vote at its Aug. 3 meeting.
The Community, Communications and Outreach Committee — Councilman Rich Crispo and councilwomen Lisa Jensen and Carol Simpson — brought the plan forward.
Mayor John Dulcich created the Community, Communications and Outreach Committee earlier this year, and he spoke in favor of the plan at the Aug. 3 meeting.
“I think by having better communications, we’re able to enlist more volunteers,” he said. “And there is more openness between the community and the city.”
The plan outlines communications strategies and policies for the city to follow. It also lists many goals, including increasing awareness, interest and participation in city government affairs; building community pride among citizens; and providing residents with the information they want in the manner they desire it.
The policies call for the city to build effective communication networks between its citizens and government; establish consistent communication procedures; disseminate information through a wide variety of media; and create an easy method through which it can receive feedback from residents, businesses and stakeholders.
The only concerns council members expressed with the plan involved associated costs that were not discussed in the plan, although Dulcich brought up the counterpoint.
“There’s a cost to implement it, and there’s a cost to a city with poor communication,” he said.
Read the full resolution on the city’s website or at City Hall.
On the web
Read the plan — Resolution 0476 — on the city’s website, ci.newcastle. wa.us, in the city records section.
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