The Woodbury City Council outlined three strategic priorities for 2025-2028, emphasizing drinking water treatment implementation, public safety enhancements, and environmental stewardship during their January meeting.

The water treatment initiative continues the city's decade-long focus on water quality, with plans to complete construction of a water treatment plant and associated pipelines by 2028. The city will conduct a water rate analysis this year to finance operating costs for the new facility, which is partially funded through the state settlement with 3M. The initiative also targets a 10% reduction in residential water use per capita by 2035.

Public safety remains a priority as the city evaluates services for its growing community. The council plans to enhance recruitment and retention while continuing to integrate social workers with law enforcement for mental health and crisis response. The public safety building expansion and remodel project will require temporary relocation of services during construction to maintain uninterrupted operations.

Environmental stewardship will focus on implementing the Environmental Stewardship Plan adopted by the council in December. Staff will work with the Parks and Natural Resources Commission to update a roadmap every two years, with performance metrics displayed on a website dashboard for community tracking.

The city also announced several upcoming projects, including the launch of Destination Woodbury marketing organization in the second quarter of 2025 and the reopening of Central Park and Lookout Ridge Indoor Playground in fall 2025. The council plans to present an annual state of the city video in March.