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A. Commit to a process of reaching budgetary milestones; and keeping the <br />discussion moving forward. <br />B. Promote consistency and continuity from one budget cycle to the next by <br />agreeing to the types of budgetary information packages that will be <br />compiled and used. <br />� The calendar used during last year's budget process is included in Attachment A. This furthers the first <br />� principle noted above. The Council is asked to consider a similar calendar for this budget cycle. As to <br />the second principle, Staff recommends the Council rely on the following general information <br />packages: <br />❖ Departmental overview (ref: Departmental handouts 5/22/14) <br />❖ City Manager Recommended Budget Summary (ref: PowerPoint presentation — 7/14/14) <br />❖ Council-approved Budget Reconciliation (ref: Excel spreadsheet— 9/8/14) <br />•:' CIP & Utillty RatO summaly (ref: PowerPoint presentations —10/10/14 & 12/1/14) <br />� This approach is consistent with last year's and from Staff's perspective it appeared to be well received <br />and productive. Excerpts of these packages are included in Attachment B as a reference. <br />There are a couple of other considerations the Council may want to consider for the upcoming budget <br />process. First, the Council may want to consider what role the Finance Commission plays in the <br />� process. When creating the Commission, the Council indicated that one of their roles was to participate <br />in the budget process among many other directives. <br />� Over the past year, the Commission has held discussions on the budget process, budget-reporting <br />formats, general financial planning concepts, and capital spending. That being said, the Commission <br />has expressed some concern about offering budgetary guidance and recommendations prior to <br />understanding the operational essentials of the hundreds of programs and services contained in the City <br />budget. To date, the Commission has had only limited discussions on these programs. <br />In addition, if the Council is considering holding budget discussions outside of regularly-scheduled <br />�� meetings, the availability of the Council Chambers is quite limited during the next few months. A <br />� May-September meeting calendar is included in Attachment C. <br />POLICY OBJECTIVE <br />Establishing an annual budget calendar demonstrates a commitment to an effective and transparent <br />budget process, and encourages citizen participation. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br />Not applicable. <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />� Staff recommends that the Council establish a 2016 Budget Calendar and identify the types of <br />working documents you would like to have. <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />