Budget 101Contributing your vision to the spending that impacts our

daily lives.

Why does the budget matter?

• Armed with the right information you can win projects for your community!

• Uninformed your neighborhood risks losing valuable resources.

Our City Budget

Where does the money come from?

Our City Expenses

Capital Improvement Program

Capital Improvement Program

• Asset owning department and divisions

• City Council • Disability Services• CIPRAC (Sr. Level CIP

Officials)• Community

Residents

• Mayor • City Council• Asset owning

department and divisions

• Financial Management Department (FM)

• Development Services Department

• Mayor• City Council • Financial

Management Department

• City Council • Asset owning

department and divisions

• Public Works-Engineering & Capital Projects (E&CP) Department

• Development• Services

Department• Comptroller’s

Office

#1 #2 #3 #4

Requires ongoing

monitoring.

Key Dates for the FY 2014 Budget

• February – Council adopts Budget Priorities Resolution & transmits to the Mayor

• Feb/March - COO/Mayor/CFO Develop annual budget working with City Departments

• April – Mayor releases proposed annual budget

• April /May - Council holds public hearings and Committee meetings to deliberate the budget

• June – Mayor/Council final decisions, budget adoption, &veto periods if necessary

• July – New Fiscal Year begins & budget takes effect!

How Do I Make My Project a Priority?

Identify

Get on the

Priority List

Petition for

Funding

Continue to

Advocate

Nail Down Implementa

tion(Timeline)

Add Your Voice to the Budget…advocate for services &

projects

• Give input to the Community Planning Groups.

• Contact your Councilmembers & the Mayor• Visit, email, call, Facebook/Tweet,

etc.• Attend budget hearings. • Consider joining the Community

Budget Alliance through your local non-profit.

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