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Resolution Confirming Next Steps in Community Participation and Engagement in Developing the City Budget and Spending Priorities
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Whereas, An essential element of an effective local government is alignment of revenue and spending plans with the priorities of the citizens it serves;
Whereas, Soliciting citizen input on budget and spending priorities in advance of the December Council budget kickoff will provide City Staff and Council information and data that's required to ensure a FY20 Budget and FY21 Financial Plan that reflects the community's priorities;
Whereas, On May 21, 2018, City Council unanimously adopted a FY19 budget amendment directing City staff to: (1) evaluate potential tools (surveys, workshops, other) the City could utilize to obtain meaningful, objective citizen input and data on budget and spending priorities to better inform staff and council's deliberations on the FY20 Budget and FY21 Financial Plan, and (2) Present to City Council no later than September 1st staff's recommendations on the preferred tool / mechanism including projected cost and a process outline and timetable that obtains input prior to December 1st;
Whereas, $50,000.00 in one-time funding was added to the FY19 General Fund budget for this purpose;
Whereas, City Staff's August 23rd response to the FY 19 Budget Amendment recommends Priority Based Budgeting (PBB) as the preferred method of obtaining citizen input on the prioritization of resources;
Whereas, PBB has been identified as a best practice by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA);
Whereas, City Staff recommend engaging the Center for Priority Based Budgeting (CPBB) to assist the City in this process;
Whereas, City Staff recommend utilizing the survey portion of the PBB process now in order to have information available for Council's December offsite and to conduct proactive outreach to ensure broad based input and staff rec...
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