Murrieta City Council receives updates and and discusses 2023 goals at annual workshops

The Murrieta City Council and many of the city staff met for two days in a workshop setting to discuss the city’s 2023 goals, updates and its purposes at Murrieta Hot Springs Resort.

The two special workshops were presided over by Mayor Lisa DeForest, City Manager Kim Summers and City Clerk Chritis

McDonald began Thursday, Jan. 19, in the Murrieta Hot Springs Theater Room to discuss the council and the city departments goals, identify the goals and their core mission.

The second workshop Friday, Jan. 20, delved further into the goals for the city manager, Murrieta Fire & Rescue, adjacent cities enforcement processes, business retention and expansion, economic development strategic plan, public works and engineering, Murrieta Money Match, the Public Information Office and the Triple bottom Line for economic development.

Members of the public were invited to view the workshops online or to attend in person. The discussion may be found at http:// Murrietaca.gov. Department updates are also available as offered by the department directors in the workshops.

Key goals were offered by the city manager Summers who is seeking to refurbish the 17-yearold City Hall by refurbishing the paint and flooring, increasing the number of workstations by late March to provide a seamless service to the public in the short term.

The fire chief is looking to have the exterior concrete replaced and connect to the sewer system in Fire Station 1. He would like to see a dorm room and bathroom conversions to provide firefighters dorms instead of barracks at Fire Stations 1 and 3 and the repair of concrete at the front and rear of Fire Station 2. He said he hoped to have these done by the end of summer.

The other goals for Murrieta city departments can be found on the video presentation given to those attending the workshops on the workshop online agenda links. Tony Ault can be reached by email at tault@reedermedia.com.