Community Oriented Local Government

Community Orientated Government is an organization-wide philosophy adopted by the City to improve and upgrade overall City operations by:

• Understanding and reflecting public values
• Working to improve process, procedures and service delivery
• Improving policy discussion and decisions
• Creating greater accountability
• Increasing confidence in local government 

 

Community Orientated Government is intended to guide the City – its Council, Commissions, Staff and other agents in how they conduct the business of local government and provide public services.  Essentially, it is a statement of how the City of Elko New Market intends to do business. This formal statement is important for the following reasons:

 

• It discusses the manner in which the City is going to achieve its Vision and Goals
• It explains to the public what they can expect from their City government.
• It establishes standards and creates greater accountability for the City officials, staff and agents
• It helps to avoid complacency in local government