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City staff outline supplemental budget process, 10-year sustainability planning and new surface-water drainage fund
Summary
At an April 8 work session, Laramie city staff briefed the council on the supplemental budget approach for the second year of the biennium, long-term sustainability analyses, a planned new enterprise surface-water drainage fund beginning in 2026, and revenue forecasting methods including a 3% target range.
City Manager Jordan and Director Wade led a budget-focused work session with the Laramie City Council on April 8 that reviewed budgeting principles, the supplemental-appropriation timeline for the second year of the fiscal biennium, fund accounting, reserve policy and revenue forecasting.
City Manager Jordan said the recommended budget “is really the common thread that links all of the administrative business units of this city and our governance objectives,” and described the budget as the primary place to see how policy priorities are funded. Jordan described an “ownership culture” approach to municipal budgeting: staff and residents share interest in maximizing the public value of limited resources while funding core services in perpetuity.
Director George Wade gave technical details on the supplemental budget year, noting the city will recommend “a supplemental appropriation in all of our operating funds and an original appropriation in some of our smaller funds.” Wade walked the council through key budget…
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