Our mission is to work with our citizens to create a healthy, vibrant and caring community through:

• Visionary leadership
• Providing transparent and accountable governance
• Encouraging citizen involvement via a collective sense of community belonging and contribution to the quality of life in Gretna
• Balancing the expectation for services with available resources and being fiscally responsible
• Decision-making that integrates the social, economic and environmental interests of the community
• Development of a dynamic economy which contributes to prosperity and the opportunity to work close to home
• Quality in customer service by fostering open and proactive communication which leads to trust and respect