Mayor and City Council Strategic Goal Setting Facilitation Services

Summary Information The City of Urbana is seeking statements of qualifications from qualified facilitators or consulting firms to facilitate a strategic goal setting process for the Mayor and City Council. The purpose of the engagement is to establish a focused set of strategic goals that will guide City priorities, policy direction, resource allocation, and organizational work over the next several years. The process should build upon the City's previous strategic goals while incorporating current City plans and studies, community priorities, organizational capacity, financial realities, and emerging opportunities and challenges. The City is seeking a facilitator who can create a productive and collaborative environment, identify areas of consensus, and translate discussion into a clear and actionable set of strategic goals. General Requirements • The project team, including the primary facilitator and any key personnel, shall have relevant experience with similar work and shall be competent to perform the services required under this RFQ. • The selected respondent shall maintain the neutrality necessary to facilitate discussion among elected officials and City leadership and appropriately manage differing perspectives. • The selected respondent shall review relevant City plans, studies, financial information, and strategic documents provided by the City and synthesize major themes for use during the strategic goal setting process. • The selected respondent must be available for all four scheduled evening sessions. The City expects the selected facilitator to serve as a neutral third party throughout the process. The facilitator will be responsible for designing and managing the process, encouraging participation from all members of the Mayor and City Council, identifying areas of agreement and differing perspectives, and helping participants move from broad discussion toward a focused set of strategic goals. The facilitator should not advocate for a particular policy outcomes or strategic priorities. Selection Process and Agreement Qualified facilitators or consulting firms should carefully review and respond to the entirely of the Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") for "Mayor and City Council Strategic Goal Setting Facilitation Services" available through www.urbanail.gov/executive-department/page/bids-and-rfps . City staff will evaluate responses based on responsiveness to this RFQ, the proposed approach, relevant municipal and strategic planning experience, qualifications of the facilitator and assigned staff, experience working with elected officials and executive leadership, ability to facilitate consensus while maintaining neutrality, references, availability, and overall cost and value to the City. Interviews may be conducted with one or more respondents. The City reserves the right to pursue a contract as deemed most favorable to the project and to reject any or all submittals.