Manteca’s top priority for the 2024-2025 fiscal year may be making sure the city has needed — and desired — infrastructure and facilities going forward.

That could mean everything from streets, sewer, water, and storm system to an adequate police station, park facilities, and such.

It involves getting a firm grasp on what is needed and identifying funding sources.

Addressing infrastructure and facilities is one of five top priorities that emerged from a council workshop earlier this month.

Elected leaders when they meet tonight at 6 o’clock at the Civic Center, 1001 W. Center St., may adopt what they hammered out as official goals and priorities for the City Council.

As such, it would guide citywide planning in fashioning a budget and initiatives to undertake in the fiscal year starting July 1.

The other potential top five priorities identified during the workshop in descending order are:

*Economic and development vitality.

This involves supporting business retention, attraction, and expansion efforts, downtown revitalization, community partnerships, and ways to enhance citywide revenue streams.

*Public safety.

This involves supporting law enforcement, fire protection, and the maintenance and improvement of public safety infrastructure.

*Expand homelessness and housing options and solutions.

It involves formulating partnerships and initiating the development of the low barrier navigation center planned on the parcel at 682 South Main Street.

*Stabilize city finances.

Finally completing audits and financial reports, fee studies, and updating fiscal policies and practices to resolve financial issues uncovered four years ago.

The five priorities will be the basis for a Feb. 28 meeting where the council will devise the 2024-2025 fiscal year work plan.

The workshop earlier this month also gathered input for the creation of mission, vision, and value statements to fashion several possibilities for discussion.

One proposal is “Manteca City C.O.U.N.C.I.L.”

That stands for Community, Optimism, Unity, Neighborly, Commitment, Integrity, and Leadership.

As such the Manteca City Council:

*embodies the values of community, neighborly compassion, and unwavering commitment to integrity, leadership, and optimism.

*leads with integrity, unity, optimism, and neighborly well-being.

*will provide leadership that displays a commitment to the community by displaying integrity, unity in decision-making, with optimism, and with neighborly well-being.

*strives to provide leadership to the community that exemplifies integrity, optimism, and unity in their decision making to ensure Manteca residents feel heed, respected, while having neighborly well-being at the forefront.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com