Section 11701.102-A - Program objectivesThe Strategic Management Planning Program established by this chapter provides a municipality with a preemptive step for the purpose of seeking guidance and assistance from the Commonwealth to develop long-term financial management, administrative, service delivery and economic development strategies that the municipality can implement to avert a fiscal crisis and provide fiscal stability. The specific objectives of the Strategic Management Planning Program include the following and are meant to:
(1) Provide the resources to assist a municipality in identifying, prioritizing and addressing the financial difficulties confronting it, while ensuring its short-term and long-term goals and objectives are adequately taken into account.(2) Engage in a management review of its operations and provide recommendations that will enhance financial administration, management and service delivery of a municipality.(3) Strengthen the ability of a municipality to develop, adopt, implement and monitor multiyear financial management plans and to incorporate the process into its annual budget process.(4) Implement a system of multiyear revenue and expenditure trend analysis, monitoring and forecasting so that a municipality can better anticipate and plan for future financial circumstances.(5) Promote multimunicipal and regional planning, cooperation strategies and cost-sharing opportunities between two or more municipalities.(6) Support the adoption by a municipality of best management practices and efficiency measures to increase the financial stability of a municipality.(7) Further the integration of sound community and economic development strategies to encourage the economic growth of the tax base of a municipality over a multiyear period. 1987, July 10, P.L. 246, No. 47, § 102 -A, added 2014, Oct. 31, P.L. 2983, No. 199, § 7, effective in 60 days [Dec. 30, 2014]. Amended 2019, June 12, P.L. 29, No. 6, § 3, effective in 60 days [Aug. 12, 2019].