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In his role as a member of the Budget Committee, Councilmember Etten has taken a lead in developing <br />34 <br />a new potential ranking system using a different approach than the one used two years ago. The system <br />35 <br />is in the early stages but it is presented here in an effort to foster discussion. <br />36 <br />37 <br />DraftRubricforCityCouncilandDepartmentbudgetprioritization <br />38 <br />AssubmittedbyCouncilmemberEtten <br />39 <br />40 <br />Background <br />41 <br />Thepointofarubricistoestablishasinglethingyouareratingandthenusecommonlanguage <br />42 <br />todeterminethegivenvalueforthatitem.Thedescriptionsforthepointssystemmustuse <br />43 <br />relatedlanguageandmustproceedinalogicalandsystematicflowformlowtohighorhighto <br />44 <br />low.Thedescriptionsusedinthelastfewbudgetcyclesareacategorizationsystem,nota <br />45 <br />ratingsystemaswediscussedlastweek.Ifthisbudgetprioritizationprogramistofunction <br />46 <br />properlywemustchangetherubric. <br />47 <br />48 <br />Iwouldcontinuetoassertthatdirectinformationfromthedepartmentheadsabouttheir <br />49 <br />departmentswouldbeindispensableinmakingtheappropriatedecisionsforthecity.Without <br />50 <br />thatinformationtheCouncilmembersaremakingnomorethaneducatedguesseswhilethe <br />51 <br />experts(departmentheads)arebeinggroupedintoanaggregatetotal.Thedepartmentheads <br />52 <br />arecommentingnotontheworkofemployeesbutratherdepartmentactivitiesand <br />53 <br />functions.Itisentirelypossiblethatwithinonedepartmentthereisahigherprioritythatthey <br />54 <br />wouldlovetoshiftstaffingtoandreduceanotherprogram.Withoutdirectinputfrom <br />55 <br />departmentheadsthatinformationcaneasilygetlostinourcurrentsystem. <br />56 <br />57 <br />Forthemoment,knowingstaffleadershipconcernswithindividualdepartmentheadranking <br />58 <br />databeingpublic,Iamaskingthatthedatafromdepartmentheadsbekeptsothatifthefull <br />59 <br />Councilchangesourcurrentsystemthatwehavethedatainstantlyavailable. <br />60 <br />61 <br />Herearetwopotentialtextsfortherubric.Also,rememberwewouldliketohavean <br />62 <br />understandingofthebudgetimplicationsanddesiresfortherankedareas. <br />63 <br />64 <br />ProposedRankingSystems <br />65 <br />{tŒ;­;rankthefollowingcitybudgetareasbasedontheirimportanceinmeetingour/z·äx­ <br />66 <br />VisionandDšŒ­u| <br />67 <br />5‘criticallyimportanttomeetingCityVisionandGoals <br />68 <br />4‘Veryz’¦š©·“·v <br />69 <br />3‘L’¦š©·“·v <br />70 <br />2‘Somewhatz’¦š©·“·v <br />71 <br />1‘Doesnot’;;·v <br />72 <br />73 <br />Pleaseranktheperceivedneedforfundingthisarea: <br />74 <br />5‘Largeincreaseneeded <br />75 <br />4‘increaseneeded <br />76 <br />3‘stablefundingneeded <br />77 <br />2‘reductionispossible <br />78 <br />79 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br />