On December 18, 2002, the Mayor and Council met to identify their goals for the upcoming year.

The meeting was facilitated by Pat Callahan, former Maquoketa City Manager and now a consultant to municipal governments.

Callahan started the meeting by reviewing the surveys submitted by Mayor, Council and Department Heads and asking Council members to add items they felt should be goals.

Following is the list of all items that were discussed as goals before final prioritizations were made:

1. Street Replacement and Financing
2. Downtown Strategy
3. Sell or Give Away Airport
4. Better Utilize Airport
5. Adopt Spending Policy
6. Review and Update CIP
7. Rental Property Inspections and Permits for Landlords
8. Keep Working on ARC/Pool
9. Policy for Infrastructure Maintenance and Mapping
10. Job Descriptions/Define Expectations
11. Implementation of Visionary Plan and Funding
12. Building Code
13. Riverfront Development & Rec Trail
14. North Street
15. Review Financial Spending
16. Keep Equipment Updated
17. Deal With Storm Water City Wide
18. Jet Vac Truck
19. Wastewater Treatment Beautification
20. Deal With Jackson County
21. Review Of Seal Coating Program
22. Find Funding For ARC
23. Address Radium Issue
24. Carport At Police Station
25. Repairs To Bridge on Jacobsen Drive
26. Purchase Utility Tractor For Ball Park
27. Yard Waste Location
28. Downtown Clean-Up – Public Works and Downtown Owners
29. Market Industrial Park and Retain Jobs
30. Better Preparation For Legislative Days
31. Look At Upgrading Highway 64 In/Around Maquoketa
32. Storage of City Records

The following is a list of 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place goals divided into tiers:

1. Market Industrial Park More Effectively

2. Purchase a Jet Vac Truck to Clean Sewer Lines

3. Create a Street Replacement and Financing Plan

Second Tier

1. Yard Waste Location--Compost Pile

2. Wastewater Treatment Plant Beautification Project

3. Sell or Give Away Airport

4. Review and Update Capital Improvement Plan

1. Deal With Storm Water City Wide

2. Implementation of Visionary Plan & Funding

3. Rental Property Inspection/Landlord Permits

4. Keep Working On The ARC

5. Repair Bridge on Jacobsen Drive

6. Storage of City Records

Goals That Did Not Make The First Three Cuts: Some of these items are already being worked on so Council members did not feel they should be listed as goals.

1. Policy For Infrastructure Maintenance & Mapping

2. Better Prepare For Legislative Days

3. Adopt A Spending Policy

4. Review Financial Spending

5. Deal With Jackson County

6. Downtown Clean Up

7. Deal With Radium Issue

8. Building Code

9. Riverfront Development/Rec Trail

10. Downtown Strategy

11. Define Job Descriptions

12. Look at Upgrading Highway 64 In/Around Maq.

13. Purchase Utility Tractor For Ball Park

14. Review Seal Coating Program

15. Carport At Police Station

16. Better Utilize Airport

17. North Street