Our Priorities

The Office of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis's guiding principles closely reflect the Harris County Vision and Policy-Area Goal Statements, adopted at the September 15, 2020, Commissioners Court. A strong foundation to set and deliver policies, public service, and community engagement to Harris County residents is provided by our mission statement.

MISSION STATEMENT

Precinct One is committed to becoming a national model for delivering responsive public service that utilizes inclusive, innovative, and collaborative approaches to improve the quality of life, advance equality of opportunity, and promote the fair treatment of all people in Harris County.

PRIORITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

The Office of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis strives to incorporate equity, fairness, and justice into all of our priority goals and objectives. Advancing equity, fairness and justice for all depends greatly on creating policies that dismantle oppressive and discriminatory structures; doing effective outreach, organizing and empowering the communities we serve; and effectively communicating those policies and our work by demonstrating their benefit to our entire community. Thoughtful and insightful narrative, which reflects our response to the needs of our entire community, aspires to create dynamic public dialogue through effective and timely messaging.

Guided by our Strategic Plan, adopted on October 12, 2020, the Office of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis has placed the following priorities at the top of our objectives list:

Lead in the development and implementation of public policy.

• Become a leading advocate for public policies in areas of voting, community health, economic equity, environment and climate action, transportation, infrastructure planning and investment, affordable housing, and public safety.
• Undertake a nationwide ascertainment of best public policy initiatives to identify potential additions to our policy agenda.
• Establish equity and social and racial justice as common threads through all Precinct programs, services, infrastructure, and public policy initiatives.

Promote, encourage, and facilitate greater civic participation and engagement.

• Empower communities to act on issues that involve the County and beyond.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to leverage funds through partnerships with other governments and the private and not-for-profit sectors.
• Serve as a convener to bring together community organizations around specific policy changes.

Provide best-in-class infrastructure and constituent programs, services, and support.

• Prioritize facilities that promote and advance quality of life, sustainability, and resiliency.
• Build road and bridge projects that improve safety and support multimodal transportation.
• Ensure equitable delivery and accessibility of programs and services across all Precinct neighborhoods.
• Develop robust communication networks that identify community needs and communicate responses to addressing them.
• Create and use objective measures to evaluate our effectiveness in meeting community needs.

Exercise financial stewardship.

• Ensure transparency in the management of public funds.
• Demand efficient and effective use of taxpayer monies.
• Establish long-term financial stability and sustainability.

Build a high-performance organization.

• Become the leading advocate for, and example of, effective and efficient County government.
• Set clear standards and objectives for organization, department, leadership, and individual contributor performance.
• Make the Office of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis the employer of choice for those committed to working for the benefit of Harris County residents.