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County. Regarding these types of action ranking and prioritization exercises, one individual sagely pointed out:
“Why should we have to choose between water, safety, and education? Basic necessities should always come
first.”

Action Ranking Exercise during Public Open House

Along with the online community survey, attendees at the third and final Leadership Summit in July 2022 had
the opportunity to participate in an informal “straw vote” exercise involving the set of 14 key action items in the
Grenada County 2040 Action Agenda table above. Participants were invited to:
Put on your elected official hat for a moment. Your
constituents have more expectations than the
County or City have the resources or time to
address. What to do?
Each participant could cast four votes for the action
items they consider most important to pursue
immediately based on the new Plan. They could
choose four separate items, put all four votes
toward one particular priority or split their votes
over a few items versus four. Based on this
framework and 44 participants casting their votes,
the Action Agenda items were ranked as follows:

1. Continue upgrades to the City of Grenada water
system. [44 votes]
2. Provide adequate funding to support high-
quality police and fire services in line with
continued population growth and development.
[Tie with 17 votes]
3. Plan for new or expanded educational facilities,
exploring potential joint facility opportunities
between primary/secondary education and
higher education that could yield potential cost
savings and enhanced programming. [Tie with
17 votes]
4. Continue to plan for funding of highest-priority
road projects in new growth areas and in
existing developed areas with traffic congestion
and/or safety concerns. [16 votes]
5. Take steps to support more and faster
construction on the supply side of the housing Attendees viewing displays and Plan overview presentation
market, typically by reducing upfront at July 2022 Open House and final Leadership Summit.
development costs. [Tie with 15 votes]

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