Council has decided what it most wants to achieve this year.

At Monday night's regular meeting, council endorsed a list of 2012 council priorities and 2012 administration initiatives.

The council priorities were developed during a workshop between staff and the elected officials.

Each councillor and mayor made a list of their goals for the year, then each member of council weighted the complete list.

Staff then put together a list of 30 items most agreed upon by council.

This list includes:

focusing on downtown development and reinvestment through the Economic Development Zone

updating the Official Community Plan

increased support for community events

continued beautification of the strip

increased investment in the city's roads program

City staff then took those priorities and created a list of 2012 major initiatives council will consider budgeting for.

It's a very long list: 122 items across the gamut of city services. Many of the proposed projects have been started in previous years, such as the secondary suites bylaw and the broadband infrastructure.

New projects on the list include:

marketing the airport's industrial lands in cooperation with the St. Mary' Band

obtaining a proposal for an engineering feasibility study for a railway overpass, depending on funding

helping School District No. 5 reconstruct four tennis courts at the high school

pursuing naming rights for the Cranbrook RecPlex

replacing failing components on the main water supply trunk main

replacing the bridges over Joseph Creek at Idlewild and Kinsmen Parks

The priorities will now be incorporated into a 2012 Business Plan for the city, which will inform this year's budget and five-year financial plan.