Community Profile

Corporate Values 

Township of Esquimalt Mission Statement

"Focusing on community priorities, the Township of Esquimalt provides quality municipal services, through open and innovative leadership." Developed in 2007 by the Corporate Leadership Team.

Corporate Values

Openness

We are open and transparent with our information, process, and communication to our customers, community, the public, and one another except where clearly prohibited.

Fiscal and performance accountability

We are accountable to our community, the Municipality, and our work teams for the work we do and taxpayer’s money we spend. We do this through long term planning, setting measurable performance goals, performance reviews, and regular feedback about our work to our leaders, community, and customers. We value hard work and achievement of organizational goals.

Team work

We work as members of team understanding that individuals, divisions, and Departments that work together achieve high quality results and provide exceptional service.

Respect

As public servants we treat all residents, customers, co-workers, and viewpoints with the respect that we would have accorded to ourselves.

Customer service

We are in the business of providing exceptional service to our community, customers, and co-workers.

Integrity and trust

We say what we mean and mean what we say. We honour our work and keep our commitments. We are worthy of the public’s and each other’s trust.

Innovation and creativity

We strive for excellence as individuals, and team members, and in the services that we provide to our community. We create a work environment in which we look for new solutions and experiment with innovative ways to work – even if they don’t always succeed the first time. We recognize the need to be dynamic in meeting the community’s changing needs. Each employee is given the opportunity to grow and develop.

Recognition

We recognize and are proud of achievements in the organization. We also recognize the need for balance in work and non-work as a value that will ultimately benefit our organization and the taxpayers of Esquimalt.

Adopted by Council: January 17, 2005