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Another Important Term <br />Looking for Sustainability <br />We look for this in the graphs provided. <br />What is sustainable? <br /> This, for purposed of this budgeting exercise, means that a <br />We look for level and adequate reserves that meet <br /> resource, facility, asset, or program can be continued indefinitely <br />our policy goals. <br /> with no more financial support than is provided by annual <br /> inflationary additions. <br />We look for funding that comes close to meeting, <br />Why should funds be sustainable? <br />but not grossly exceeding, our expenditures. <br /> Sustainability allows assets or programs to continue to be useful <br /> or to be provided without any large infusions of resources. If, for <br /> example, we achieve sustainability in our water utility, the city <br />Here are some examples. <br /> should be able to replace and repair portions of the system <br /> annually without asking residents for any more than annual <br /> inflationary increases. <br />Typical Unsustainable Graph Typical Undesirable Graph <br /> <br />Expenditures Rising, Funding Flat, Reserves Falling Expenditures Stable, Funding Rising, Reserves Rising <br />70,000 50,000 <br />60,000 <br />40,000 <br />50,000 <br />30,000 <br />40,000 <br />20,000 <br />30,000 <br />20,000 10,000 <br />10,000 <br />0 <br />0 <br />-10,000 <br />-10,000 <br />-20,000 <br />-20,000 <br />-30,000 -30,000 <br />2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 <br />Cash Reserve Expenditures Funding Cash Reserve Expenditures Funding <br /> <br />