Our Cities' purpose is defined by it's vision, values and mission. It provides our family of city employees with a direction under which we perform our job duties and interact with our community. Our vision, values and mission are important because they help us to strengthen our work environment, our government and our ability to serve every member of our community.

Our Mission:
We Deliver High Quality Services to Preserve and Enhance the Well Being of our Community.

Our Vision:
To strive to make Ithaca a Model Community: A great place to live, work, learn, dream and play.

Our Values
We believe in:
People:
Our greatest Asset
Each person in our community should be respected, developed, supported and valued. Our community is diverse and we should celebrate that diversity by including everyone.
Relationships:
Our best output will be through Teamwork;
Collaborating with other departments; being responsive to needs and sharing our knowledge and expertise.
Excellent Results:
We will work for continuous improvement, streamlined processes; creativity; quality service and celebrate our success