Holland, City of - Purchasing Dept

The City of Holland's 2026 Strategic and Business Plan establishes a framework for the organization's long-term direction. It is built upon four core pillars: maintaining and improving a strong financial position, enhancing connections with stakeholders, continually improving the city organization, and providing quality services to all stakeholders. The plan details specific goals and strategies within these areas, aiming to ensure effective governance, community engagement, organizational excellence, and high-quality public services.

The Election Commission meeting addressed several key items related to the upcoming Special Election on November 4, 2025. The commission authorized the City Clerk and/or Elections Coordinator to secure necessary ballots, precinct supplies, and polling places, and to consolidate precincts as needed. They also designated authorized assistants responsible for scheduling the required public accuracy test and final inspection of voting devices. The commission determined that absent voter ballots would be counted by the Ottawa and Allegan Absentee Ballot Counting Boards at City Hall. Additionally, they appointed individuals as election inspectors for regular precincts and the absent voter counting board, as well as receiving board members to inspect and secure materials from each precinct.

The City of Holland's 2026 Strategic and Business Plan focuses on four main goals: maintaining a strong financial position, enhancing connections with stakeholders, continually improving the city organization, and providing quality services to all stakeholders. Priorities include adopting a balanced budget, long-term financial planning, exploring a Headlee Override, growing the tax base, supporting housing choice, addressing pension liabilities, and maintaining infrastructure. It also emphasizes community partnerships, diversity, citizen engagement, staff succession planning, and strategic management of community growth. Key projects include Holland City Fiber, Ice Park, and Waterfront Holland.

The City of Holland's 2025 Strategic Plan and Business Plan focuses on maintaining a strong financial position, enhancing connections with stakeholders, continually improving the city organization, and providing quality services. Key areas include adopting balanced budgets, reviewing long-term financial forecasts, growing the tax base, addressing housing policies, and managing pension liabilities. Additionally, the plan emphasizes partnerships, diversity and inclusion, citizen engagement, performance evaluations, talent investment, and strategic management of community growth. Specific services include public safety, community development, parks and recreation, transportation, utilities, and downtown enhancements.

The meeting of the Board of Appeals covered applications for special exceptions. One application was for a special exception to build an addition to a home, specifically a carport, with a variance request for the setback from the property line. The board discussed whether the addition would conform to the neighborhood character and reviewed concerns from neighbors. Another application was for a special exception to divide a property into four flag lots, with discussions focusing on access to public streets, lot size requirements, harmony with the character of nearby land, traffic safety, and access to city water and sewer. The board also addressed concerns about the environmental impact and potential disruption during construction.