Open Performance

The City of Mesquite is developing open performance goals to help measure progress toward achieving City Council goals and staff priorities.  Look for the goals to be published in the near future.
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Public Safety

Top Priorities:


  • Empower and train neighborhood crime watch program participants to impact areas beyond criminal activity.
  • Make the most efficient use of staffing to provide the highest level of public safety for the community.
  • Increase the use of technology in reducing crime.
  • Train non-public safety employees to assist in crime prevention.
  • Improve and expand community policing and crime watch programs and increase visibility of these programs in neighborhoods.
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Neighborhood Appearance & Condition

Top Priorities:

  • Create new strategies to address common environmental and building code problems.
  • Prioritize code enforcement strategies and efforts.
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Job Creation

Top Priority:

  • Establish a business development program in partnership with other institutions to provide specialized technical and vocational training.
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Downtown Redevelopment


Top Priority:

  • Develop a community-wide vision for Downtown Mesquite.
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Shopping Center Revitalization

Top Priority:

  • Revitalize older shopping centers through aggressive intervention and code enforcement.
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IH-20 Corridor Development

Top Priority:

  • Create a unique identity for the IH-20 Corridor that will enhance the marketing efforts of the comprehensive plan.
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Small Business Retention 

High Priorities:

  • Provide ongoing communication with small businesses to better understand their needs.
  • Identify strategies to assist small businesses and develop programs that can serve as resources to small business owners.
  • Create a program to spotlight successful small businesses and promote their successes outside of Mesquite.
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Sharing Our Story

High Priorities:

  • Create programs to educate residents about City services and foster involvement within the community.
  • Spotlight employees and the services they provide on social media and other communication platforms.
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Minority Citizen Involvement

High Priorities:

  • Enhance community policing programs to engage minority groups and improve community relations.
  • Encourage greater minority participation through outreach within local churches and organizations, and at community events.
  • Develop a program to encourage and assist residents to host neighborhood events to improve minority interaction.  
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Infrastructure Maintenance

High Priorities:

  • Evaluate existing maintenance practices to maximize the efficient and effective useful life of City assets.
  • Enhance the Capital Improvement Plan development process by assessing the condition of all City infrastructure.